num_pages: 532
description: It's November 2044, an election year, and the state of the Union is a farce. The government is broke, the cities are privately owned, and the military is shaking down citizens in the streets. Washington has become a circus and no one knows that better than Oscar Valparaiso. A political spin doctor, Oscar has always made things look good. Now he wants to make a difference.But Oscar has a skeleton in his closet. His only ally: Dr. Greta Penninger, a gifted neurologist at the bleeding edge of the neural revolution. Together they're out to spread a very dangerous idea whose time has come. And so have their enemies: every technofanatic, government goon, and laptop assassin in America. Oscar and Greta might not survive to change the world, but they'll put a new spin on it.
language: English
title: Distraction
titlecomplete: Distraction
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Politics, Cyberpunk, Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Novels, Fantasy, Dystopia, Near Future
ratings_count: 2010
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Arthur C. Clarke Award, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: John W. Campbell Memorial Award
category: Best Science Fiction Novel
publisher: Bantam Spectra