The thing about Los Angeles is that its awful and I hate it, but when Im there, nowhere else exists, and I cant imagine leaving. Its a difficult place to be old or sick or fat or poor or without a strong social media presence. Its not an easy place to be young, either

So begins Isabel Kaplans electric and incisive debut novel about life at the bottom of the corporate ladder.

Shes young, shes smart, shes set up for success. She has a covetable assistant job at a television network, a well-connected feminist mother who only wants the best for her, a prescription for appetite-suppressing injections, and a relentless work ethic. What could possibly go wrong?

Compulsively readable and darkly comedic,NSFWexplores the messiest parts of twenty-something life, from the indignities of entry level jobs to the elusive quest for self-acceptance. Excellent book-club fodder (