Work Nights

"Work Nights is wry and tender, a lethal combo that could only come from a writer with a poet's eye and a wicked sense of humor. Pepin's debut is grounded in the ordinary--office doldrum, love triangle dramatics, youthful chaos--but her talent and prose make it sparkle, elevate this novel to otherworldly heights. A voice I'd follow into the abyss." —Jean Kyoung Frazier, author of PIZZA GIRL 

“I read this book in one sitting, shut it, and immediately said to myself 'yeah, this one will ruin the bisexuals.' WORK NIGHTS takes us on an unapologetic romp through all the worst and best places in New York City, makes gay people sit at desks under fluorescent lighting, and points us toward all the right decisions people can make and has them turn left. This novel is like accidentally taking too much adderall, going on a first date, and then trying to recount it to your lesbian best friend the next day but seeing it all as if you were looking through a gay fish-eye lens. Unpleasant, exhilarating and i’d earnestly do it all again — even though Jane would never call me back.”— Haley Jakobson, author of OLD ENOUGH

"Addicting, horny, and stylish as hell. I tore through this book as easily as Jane Grabowski tears through straight women's hearts." —Myriam Lacroix, author of HOW IT WORKS OUT

"Hilarious, astute, and slyly wise, Peplin's brilliant debut captures perfectly the malaise of corporate life and the lonely search for meaning outside its confines. Work Nights is for anyone who has ever worked in an office; for anyone who has ever lusted after a disinterested femme; for anyone who hates clubbing. I couldn't put it down." —Madison Newbound, author of MISRECOGNITION

“Reading Erica Peplin’s sharp debut, I developed an ill-advised crush on Jane Grabowski, who has aversions both to monogamy and washing her hair but is so charming I willingly accompanied her to Midtown, Manhattan for hundreds of pages. I inhaled this book.” —Anna Dorn, author of PERFUME & PAIN

"Reading Work Nights, I had the strange feeling that my life was a falafel wrap and the book was a lemon tahini sauce, and no matter how much I poured on, I would always want more. In smooth tangy sentences, Peplin asks the exact questions my friends stay up late discussing. How should we measure our days? What do we do when something—a job, a relationship, an apartment—is just bad enough to want to leave, and just good enough to want to stay? A story to gobble up quickly and think about for ages. I’m a fan." —Fiona Warnick, author of THE SKUNKS

“A lowly media planner pursues friendship and love while trying to stay afloat at her magazine job in Peplin’s witty and emotionally raw debut… Devotees of The Devil Wears Prada will find much to love.” —Publishers Weekly