'An extraordinary novel; spiny and delicate; scathingly funny and wildly moving' Lauren Groff; author of Fates and Furies 'Sarah Thankam Mathews' prose is undeniable . . . she captures the sneaky; unsaying parts of longing' Raven Leilani; author of Luster 'Some books are merely luminous . . . this one is iridescent' Susan Choi; author of Trust Exercise 'This is not a story about work or precarity. I am trying; late in the evening; to say something about love; which for many of us is not separable from the other shit.' This is a novel about being young in the 21st century. About being called a 'rockstar' by your boss because of your Excel skills. About staying up too late buying furniture online; despite the threat of eviction hanging over you. About feeling like all your choices are mortgaged to the parents that made your life possible. About the excitement of moving to a new city: about gay bars; house parties and new romances. About a group of friends - about Sneha; Tig and Thom - and how that can become a family. About love and sex and hope. About knowing that all this could be different.