The award-winning writer of White Tears and Blue Ruin 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.
Lonely 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.
ASIN : 0452286514
Publisher : Plume; Reprint edition (January 25, 2005)
Language : English
Paperback : 288 pages
ISBN-10 : 9780452286511
ISBN-13 : 978-0452286511
Item Weight : 8.8 ounces
Dimensions : 5.29 x 0.73 x 7.94 inches