Microserfs
A Novel
On Sale: 11/11/2008
Microserfs
A Novel
On Sale: 11/11/2008
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About the Book
They are Microserfs—six code-crunching computer whizzes who spend upward of sixteen hours a day "coding" and eating "flat" foods (food which, like Kraft singles, can be passed underneath closed doors) as they fearfully scan company e-mail to learn whether the great Bill is going to "flame" one of them. But now there's a chance to become innovators instead of cogs in the gargantuan Microsoft machine. The intrepid Microserfs are striking out on their own—living together in a shared digital flophouse as they desperately try to cultivate well-rounded lives and find love amid the dislocated, subhuman whir and buzz of their computer-driven world.
Critical Praise
“Coupland continues to register the buzz of his generation with fidelity.” — Jay McInerney, New York Times Book Review
“The novel’s real fun is the frequent and rapidly fired pop-culture references that span the 70s, 80s and 90s...and Coupland uses them with relish.” — Entertainment Weekly
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Product Details
- ISBN: 9780061624261
- ISBN 10: 0061624268
- Imprint: Harper Perennial
- On Sale: 11/11/2008
- Pages: 400
- List Price:23.99 CAD
- BISAC1 : FICTION / Family Life
- BISAC2 : FICTION / General
- BISAC3 : FICTION / Science Fiction / Genetic Engineering
- BISAC4 : FICTION / Friendship
- BISAC5 : FICTION / Literary
- BISAC6 : FICTION / Romance / Fantasy
- BISAC7 : FICTION / Romance / Workplace
- BISAC8 : FICTION / Satire
- BISAC9 : FICTION / Science Fiction / General
- BISAC10 : FICTION / Contemporary Women
- BISAC11 : FICTION / Epistolary
- BISAC12 : FICTION / Romance / Contemporary
