Reward System

'If you've been waiting for someone to close the gap on social distancing. , to capture the furtive problems of social media. , to make you laugh. at your own alienation, to wrap your mind around the narcissism of small differences. , then Calder is your new best friend,. and his debut collection is the must-read book of the year. ' Andrew O'HaganJulia has landed a fresh start as a chef at an up-and-coming city restaurant. Her ex-boyfriend, Nick, is flirting with sobriety and nobody else. Life should have started to take shape by now, but instead they're trying to make new versions of themselves, searching for a good answer to the question: 'What do you do. '. 'An exhilarating and beautiful book by an extraordinarily gifted writer. ' Sally Rooney 'Remarkably fresh. Calder's writing achieves that rare thing of capturing how it feels to be young. ' Esquire. 'Brilliant, compelling and defiantly authentic. As deeply funny as it is engrossing. ' Los Angeles Times. 'The stories in Reward System. are intelligent, cool and sharp. Jem Calder is a real find. ' Nicole Flattery.