{"product_id":"transmission-9780452286511","title":"Transmission","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe award-winning writer of \u003ci\u003eWhite Tears\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBlue Ruin\u003c\/i\u003e takes an ultra-contemporary turn with the story of an Indian computer programmer whose luxurious fantasies about life in America are shaken when he accepts a California job offer.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLonely and naïve, Arjun spends his days as a lowly assistant virus-tester, pining away for his free-spirited colleague, Christine. Arjun gets laid off like so many of his Silicon Valley peers, and 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHari Kunzru\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eWhite Tears, Blue Ruin, \u003c\/i\u003e and the award-winning, bestselling novel \u003ci\u003eThe Impressionist\u003c\/i\u003e, was named as one of \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e's \"20 Best Fiction Writers Under 40.\" \u003ci\u003eThe Impressionist\u003c\/i\u003e was a \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize finalist; was shortlisted for the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e First Book Award, the Whitbread First Novel Award, and a British Book Award; and was one of \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e's Best Novels of 2002. Kunzru has written for a variety of English and international publications, including \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe London Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWired\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50412163498258,"sku":"9780452286511","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8ab76751-3877-4621-960f-36df56d8ad4c.jpg?v=1729313600","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/transmission-9780452286511","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}