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ISBN-10: 074353705X
ISBN-13: 9780743537056
May 2004
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Abridged
Language: English |
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Synopsis
Hari Kunzru's second novel is a satirical tale of a young man's journey from India to California, where he hopes to work as a computer programmer. Arjun Mehta arrives in California jobless but hopeful, and, though he survives (barely) a bad case of culture shock, he finally finds a job but is laid off much too. Broke and desperate, Arjun is considering returning home in disgrace, when he hits on a scheme to save himself: he injects a computer virus into the company's system, hoping to be reinstated when he comes up with a fix. But the virus (which bears the image of his adored Bollywood star Leela Zahir) gets out of control.... A New York Times Notable Book for 2004.
| Size | | Height: | 4.5 in | | Width: | 5.3 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 8.0 oz |
Industry Reviews
"You don't have to read too much of Hari Kunzru's second novel before you realise you are in safe hands: a slick aphoristic joke; a neat turn of phrase; a truth that makes you laugh. TRANSMISSION is essentially a comic novel....[A] thoroughly engrossing entertainment...."
Literary Review - Samuel Leith (06/01/2004)
"[Kunzru's] sly wit...makes TRANSMISSION a challenging, sophisticated and enjoyable fiction. It will be more than usually interesting to see what Hari Kunzru does next."
Times Literary Supplement - Sophie Ratcliffe (06/04/2004)
"Kunzru flits dexterously between Guy's bullish hubris and Arjun's desperate toils, creating a sharp snapshot of a heady time....Kunzru's engagingly wired prose and agile plotting sweep all before them, as the characters career toward ruin."
New Yorker (06/28/2004)
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