Stinkbug

Youre a stinkbug and theyre worried if they come near you, your stench will get all over them and they wont be able to wash it off. When Edith and a select group of employees at Winked advertising agency are sent to Consequi, an elite three-day work retreat in the remote mountains, she sees an opportunity to impress her bosses and dodge an inevitable restructure. But this is no ordinary corporate retreat. Trapped together in the revamped convent, the threat of mass redundancy looming over them, their phones confiscated and the team-building activities becoming increasingly extreme, the work familys cracks begin to widen and Edith has a secret that threatens to make her the office outcast: the stinkbug. When Edith realises theres something suspicious about Consequi, shes faced with a decision: conform and shut up, or accept stinkbug status and find out whats really going on. In this wildly original and deeply unhinged story, Sinead Stubbins turns her keen but empathetic eye on the lies we tell about ourselves in order to belong. Part anxious millennial fever dream, part searing workplace satire, this corporate gothic novel is perfect for fans of Yellowface, Nightbitch and Such a Fun Age.