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Cassie has been working at a Silicon Valley start-up for a year now, but what she thought would be her dream job has turned into a corporate nightmare. Alongside the long hours, toxic bosses, and countless unethical projects, Cassie struggles to survive in a city where the dazzling promise of obscene wealth coexists with the harsh reality of the poverty many of its inhabitants face. Despite feeling isolated, Cassie is never truly alone. Since her earliest memories, a black hole has been her constant companion. It feeds on her sadness and anxiety, growing or shrinking depending on her levels of distress. The black hole waits, but it also watches. And its influence draws Cassie in more and more as the world around her crumbles.

Raw yet sensitive, unsettling yet darkly humorous, the second novel by Shirley Jackson Award winner depicts the journey of a millennial woman through this infernal landscape of late-stage capitalism.

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