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Cult of workplace

A novel about our broken working lives
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September 2025, no. 479

Stinkbug by Sinéad Stubbins

Affirm Press, $34.99 pb, 304 pp

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Cult of workplace

A novel about our broken working lives
by
September 2025, no. 479

For earlier generations, joining a cult typically signified a rejection of mainstream values – careerism, property ownership, the nuclear family – in favour of spirituality and communal living. Ata time when a mortgage and stable employment are no longer assumed to be within reach of an average thirty-something in Australia, the workplace arguably becomes a cult, with its own perplexing lingo, rigorous standards for membership, and redefinitions of family.

Stinkbug

Stinkbug

by Sinéad Stubbins

Affirm Press, $34.99 pb, 304 pp

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ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.

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