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Transmission by Hari Kunzru
The award-winning writer of White Tears and The Impressionist takes an ultra-contemporary turn with the story of an Indian computer programmer whose luxurious fantasies about life in America are shaken when he accepts a California job offer. Lonely and na ve, Arjun spends his days as a lowly assistant virus-tester, pining away for his free-spirited colleague, Christine. Arjun gets laid off like so many of his Silicon Valley peers, and 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 Arjun's sanity, in a rollicking cataclysm that reaches Bollywood and, not so coincidentally, the glamorous star of Arjun's favorite Indian movie.Hari Kunzru, author of White Tears and The Impressionist, has been selected one of Granta's 20 Outstanding Fiction Writers Under 40. The Impressionist was a nominee for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and was named one of Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2002. It was also shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award, the Whitbread First Novel Award, and a British Book Award.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780525947608 |
| ISBN 10 | 0525947604 |
| Title | Transmission |
| Author | Hari Kunzru |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Year published | 2004-06-01 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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