description: In a networked world, anything can change n an instant, and sometimes everything does...."Transmission," Hari Kunzru's 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 naive, Arjun Mehta spends his days as a lowly assistant virus tester and pining away for his free-spirited colleague Christine. 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 Arjun's sanity, in a rollicking cataclysm that reaches Bollywood and, not so coincidentally, the glamorous star of Arjun's favorite Indian movie.Award-winning novelist Hari Kunzru was hailed as a "modern-day Kipling," for his bestselling debut, "The Impressionist." With this exuberant follow-up, Kunzru takes an ultracontemporary turn in a stylish, playful, and wicked exploration of life at the click of a mouse.
language: English
title: Transmission
titlecomplete: Transmission
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Indian Literature, Technology, The United States Of America, India, Novels, Contemporary, Unfinished, Audiobook
ratings_count: 2077
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: RSL Encore Award
publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio