{"product_id":"dear-cyborgs-9780374537111","title":"Dear Cyborgs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eVol. 1 Brooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e's Favorite Fiction Books of 2017, a \u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e Staff Favorite Book of 2017, and one of \u003ci\u003eBOMB\u003c\/i\u003e Magazine's \"Looking Back on 2017: Literature\" Selections.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Wondrous . . . [A] sense of the erratic and tangential quality of everyday life--even if it's displaced into a bizarre, parallel world--drifts off the page, into the world you see, after reading \u003ci\u003eDear Cyborgs\u003c\/i\u003e.\" --Hua Hsu, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a small Midwestern town, two Asian American boys bond over their outcast status and a mutual love of comic books. Meanwhile, in an alternative or perhaps future universe, a team of superheroes ponder modern society during their time off. Between black-ops missions and rescuing hostages, they swap stories of artistic malaise and muse on the seemingly inescapable grip of market economics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGleefully toying with the conventions of the novel, \u003ci\u003eDear Cyborgs \u003c\/i\u003eweaves together the story of a friendship's dissolution with a provocative and timely meditation on protest. Through a series of linked monologues, a lively cast of characters explores narratives of resistance--protest art, eco-terrorists, Occupy squatters, pyromaniacal militants--and the extent to which any of these can truly withstand and influence the cold demands of contemporary capitalism. All the while, a mysterious cybernetic book of clairvoyance beckons, and trusted allies start to disappear. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEntwining comic-book villains with cultural critiques, Eugene Lim's \u003ci\u003eDear Cyborgs \u003c\/i\u003eis a fleet-footed literary exploration of power, friendship, and creativity. Ambitious and knowing, it combines detective pulps, subversive philosophy, and Hollywood chase scenes, unfolding like the composites and revelations of a dream.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEugene Lim\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eFog \u0026amp; Car \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Strangers\u003c\/i\u003e. His writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eFence\u003c\/i\u003e, the\u003ci\u003e Denver Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Little Star\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Dazed\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Brooklyn Rail\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand elsewhere. He is the founder and managing editor of Ellipsis Press and works as a librarian in a high school. He lives in Queens, New Y\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50648832377106,"sku":"9780374537111","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_04e1cbb5-ff34-405c-9e8d-0226feae6dd9.jpg?v=1733250112","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dear-cyborgs-9780374537111","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}