We Had To Remove This Post

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DOES WHAT YOU SEE CHANGE WHO YOU ARE?

Kayleigh is broke. Out of options, she takes a job as a content moderator, reviewing horrors and hate online and deciding which posts needs to be removed. Kayleigh is good at her job, and in her colleagues she finds a group of friends, even a new girlfriend. For the first time in her life, the future seems bright . . . But soon the job begins to shift Kayleighs world in alarming ways. In the glare of the screen, how long can Kayleigh hold on to her humanity?

We Had To Remove This Post is translated from the Dutch by Emma Rault.

A superbly poised, psychologically astute and subtle novel of mental unravelling – Ian McEwan, author of Atonement

This novel gives us an acid glimpse into a new form of labor existing today . . . Fascinating and disturbing – Ling Ma, author of Severance

Author Information

Hanna Bervoets is one of the most acclaimed Dutch writers of her generation. She is the author of several novels in her home country of the Netherlands, and she has also written screenplays, plays, short stories, and essays. She is the recipient of many literary awards, including the prestigious Frans Kellendonk Prize for her entire body of work. She was a resident at Art Omi: Writers at Ledig House, New York, and currently works and lives in Amsterdam with her girlfriend and two guinea pigs. We Had to Remove This Post has been translated into thirteen languages and is her first book to be translated into English.