'I adore this book! ... An Experiment in Leisure shows us the burning intense messy beauty of
youth and what it means to be alive' Maxine Peake 'Can I get a refund?' I asked the bus driver.
'You taking the piss love?' It's the eve of Brexit and Grace is supposed to have what she
wants. She's swapped West Yorkshire for north London her accent carefully edited. Her friends
drink beer out of artful tins. She makes flat whites for people with berets. She's found a
psychoanalyst. But this fantasy of metropolitan cool is turning out to be more costly than she
thought and Grace faces complicated crises of identity class sexuality and geography. Can she
remember how to love? Can she find a way home? 'A dizzying yet powerful read' Claire-Louise
Bennett author of Checkout 19
