Berlin

"You may think you’ve read this story before: Girl gets fed up with her hometown, girl moves to another country to find herself, girl finds success. But what if it doesn’t quite work out that way? This book is a wry, slinky exploration of something that many of us have dreamed of doing, but it’s coupled with an existential crisis that comes from the dream being less than what was expected. Written in punchy, self-effacing prose, Berlin is one of those novels whose jokes and terrors alike will stick with you for a while – in the best of ways."