'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'Hagan

Julia 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

For fans of Patricia Lockwood and Ben Lerner, audacious fictions of a generation wondering: what now?

About the Author
Jem Calder was born in Cambridge, and lives and works in London. His fiction has been published in The Stinging Fly and Granta. Reward System is his first book.

Reviews
'A crushing and clear-sighted portrayal of people dodging the alienation of work, money and life's digital shorelines, told through short scenes so brilliantly observed I felt the reality of a generation in every detail.' - Holly Pester
'Calder proves a tender chronicler of the digital age, tunnelling into what it feels like, moment to moment, to navigate dating apps and YouTube viewing histories and neglected WhatsApp messages.' - Guardian





Book Information
ISBN 9780571363797
Author Jem Calder
Format Paperback
Page Count 304
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publisher Faber & Faber
Weight(grams) 250g
Dimensions(mm) 196mm * 130mm * 20mm