{"product_id":"green-dot-by-madeleine-gray","title":"'Green Dot' by Madeleine Gray","description":"\u003ch4 data-start=\"36\" data-end=\"607\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eOne of the sharpest and funniest Australian debuts of recent years, \u003cem data-start=\"104\" data-end=\"115\"\u003eGreen Dot\u003c\/em\u003e follows Hera Stephen, a disaffected twenty-four-year-old who drifts into a government communications job and begins an affair with an older, married colleague.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"36\" data-end=\"607\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eThis is very much a novel about boredom, precarity, ambition, self-delusion and the emotional logic of modern white-collar life. Rather than treating the affair as melodrama, Madeleine Gray uses it as a way into the fantasies people build around work, class and desire.\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"1289\"\u003eGray writes with a voice that feels remarkably contemporary without chasing trends. The novel is packed with dry observational humour and biting social commentary, yet beneath its wit lies a genuine sadness about work as identity, the gig economy, loneliness, and the impossible task of constructing a coherent self in late capitalism. Inevitably compared to writers like Ottessa Moshfegh, Patricia Lockwood and Sally Rooney, \u003cem data-start=\"1035\" data-end=\"1046\"\u003eGreen Dot\u003c\/em\u003e ultimately feels distinctively Australian in its sense of aimlessness and institutional absurdity. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1316\" data-end=\"1426\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2023 Allen \u0026amp; Unwin paperback. Very good condition with only light shelf wear. Clean, bright and tightly bound.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45756438478931,"sku":null,"price":14.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/bringdogs_babies_grandparents_38.png?v=1782904179","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/green-dot-by-madeleine-gray","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}