Helen, a graduate student on a quest to save the planet, is one of the best minds of her generation. But when her irreplaceable advisor's student sex scandal is exposed, she must choose whether to give up on her work or accompany him to RIP, a research institute that grants safe harbour to the disgraced and the deplorable. As Helen settles into life at the institute alongside her partner Hew, she develops a crush on an older novelist, while he is drawn to an increasingly violent protest movement.
As the rift between them deepens, they both face major - and potentially world-altering - choices.
 
A Times Best Novel of the Year.
'Taranto’s hilarious, provocative debut novel... switches seamlessly between psychological realism and diabolical farce.' – The Times/The Sunday Times