TransmissionTransmission
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Book, 2004
Current format, Book, 2004, , No Longer Available.Book, 2004
Current format, Book, 2004, , No Longer Available. Offered in 0 more formatsIn a networked world, anything can change in an instant, and sometimes everything doesÂ
Transmission, Hari KunzruÂs new novel of love and lunacy, immigration and immunity, introduces a daydreaming Indian computer geek whose luxurious fantasies about life in America are shaken when he accepts a California job offer.Lonely and naïve, Arjun Mehta bides his time as a lowly assistant virus tester, pining away for his free-spirited colleague Christine. Despite building digital creatures in a feeble attempt to enhance his job security, Arjun gets laid-off like so many of his Silicon Valley peers. In an act of desperation to keep his job, he releases a mischievous but destructive virus around the globe that has major unintended consequences. As world order unravels, so does ArjunÂs sanity, in a rollicking cataclysm that reaches Bollywood and, not so coincidentally, the glamorous star of ArjunÂs favorite Indian movie.Award-winning novelist Hari Kunzru was hailed as a Âmodern-day Kipling, for his best-selling debut, The Impressionist. And now, with his exuberant follow-up, Transmission, Kunzru takes an ultracontemporary turn in a stylish, playful, and wicked exploration of life at the click of a mouse.
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