num_pages: 253
description: Tower is a series of interconnected stories set in Beanstalk a 674-story skyscraper and sovereign nation. Each story deals with how citizens living in the hypermodern high-rise deal with various influences of power in their lives: a group of researchers have to tell their boss that a major powerbroker is a dog a woman uses the power of the internet to rescue a downed fighter pilot abandoned by the government and an out-of-towner finds himself in charge of training a gentle elephant to break up protests. Bae explores the forces that shape modern life with wit and a sly wink at the reader.
language: English
title: Tower
publisher: Honford Star