num_pages: 316
description: Kress returns to the Nebula and Hugo Award-winning world of Beggars in Spain to tell a new tale in an America of the future, strangely altered by genetic modifications. Wracked by the results of irresponsible genetic research and nanotechnology and overburdened by a population of jobless drones, the whole world is on the edge of collapse. Who will save it? And for whom?
language: English
title: Beggars and Choosers
titlecomplete: Beggars and Choosers (Sleepless, #2)
characters: Billy Washington, Miranda Sharifi, Lizzie Francy, Diana Covington, Drew Arlen
genres: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Dystopia, Novels, Science Fiction Fantasy, Hard Science Fiction, Audiobook, Genetics, Fiction, Science Fiction
ratings_count: 2606
series: Sleepless
awards: awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Nebula Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Locus Award
category: Best SF Novel
publisher: Tor Books