"Perri's debut is reminiscent of the golden era of early-aughts chick-lit...The characters' millennial concerns-overwhelming student-loan debt, underemployment, loneliness in a world of hyperconnectivity-ring true, making this a winner for readers who long for the return of light, clever novels with young, professional women at their center."
-Booklist, starred review
"Attention readers fed up with their jobs: call in sick tomorrow and dive into this[crackling] debut... Perri's writing is quippy and the pace breezy...enjoy the sweetness of plotting revenge over cocktails (expensed, of course). You'll feel better after reading, promise."
-Kirkus Reviews
"If the characters of HBO's Girls were capable of larceny and blackmail, they could be the main characters of Perri's sharp first novel....Perri has a gift for the glib one-liner, and reserved Tina and glamorous Emily make for a great pairing, resulting in a smart and fresh novel."
-Publishers Weekly
"Anyone who has ever been an assistant will appreciate Camille Perri's funny, honest, 100% relatable (and did I say funny?) debut novel about a band of exploited, entry-level strivers who even the score with their billionaire boss in the most ingenious way. After a long day at work, this is the book you'll want to pick up-and, after reading it, you'll never look at an expense report (or your colleagues) in the same way again."
-Elisabeth Egan, author of A Window Opens
"With an incredible sense of humor and an eye for detail, Perri perfectly captures what it's like to assist a high-powered boss. The Assistants is addictive, hilarious, and smart. It's 9 to 5 for the student loan generation."
-J. Courtney Sullivan, New York Times bestselling author of The Engagements and Maine
"Camille Perri's The Assistants is a hilarious romp through the world of corporate greed and the people who assist them. It's also a great story of criminal redemption. It was a blast from start to finish."
-Lisa Lutz, author of How to Start a Fire and The Spellman Files.
"The Assistants is wry, thoughtful, and funny as hell. I read through the night with a huge smile on my face as lovable Tina Fontana and her raucous band of disenfranchised assistants wreak some Robin Hood-style havoc on their corporate overlords. I had no idea income inequality and grand larceny could be this much fun! I'm so glad Camille Perri did."
-Eliza Kennedy, author of I Take You
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