{"product_id":"moxyland-9780316267915","title":"Moxyland","description":"\u003cb\u003eLauren Beukes's frighteningly persuasive, high-tech fable follows four narrators living in a dystopian near-future.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Kendra, an art-school dropout, brands herself for a nanotech marketing program. Lerato, an ambitious AIDS baby, plots to defect from her corporate employers. Tendeka, a hot-headed activist, is becoming increasingly rabid. Toby, a roguish blogger, discovers that the video games he plays for cash are much more than they seem. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e On a collision course that will rewire their lives, these characters crackle with bold and infectious ideas, connecting a ruthless corporate-apartheid government with video games, biotech attack dogs, slippery online identities, a township soccer school, shocking cell phones, addictive branding, and genetically modified art. Taking hedonistic trends in society to their ultimate conclusions, Lauren Beukes spins a tale of a utopia gone wrong, satirically undermining the idea of progress as society's white knight.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLauren Beukes\u003c\/b\u003e writes novels, comics and screeplays. She's the author of the critically-acclaimed international bestseller \u003ci\u003eBroken Monsters\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Shining Girls\u003c\/i\u003e, about a time traveling serial killer; Zoo City, a phantasmagorical Joburg noir and winner of the 2011 Arthur C Clarke Award; and the neo-political thriller \u003ci\u003eMoxyland\u003c\/i\u003e. She worked as a journalist and as show runner on one of the South Africa's biggest animated TV shows, directed an award-winning documentary, and wrote the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling graphic novel, \u003ci\u003eFairest: The Hidden Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Cape Town, South Africa.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mulholland Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50543578710290,"sku":"9780316267915","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5d5d9266-8532-456c-b0db-fdbb55bf66c3.jpg?v=1731511666","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/moxyland-9780316267915","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}