The Candy House : A Novel - Paperback
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9761476716772
ISBN
9781476716770

The Candy House : A Novel

$17.99
Author
Egan, Jennifer

The Candy House opens with the staggeringly brilliant Bix Bouton, whose company, Mandala, is so successful that he is ā€œone of those tech demi-gods with whom weā€™re all on a first name basis.ā€ Bix is forty, with four kids, restless, and desperate for a new idea, when he stumbles into a conversation group, mostly Columbia professors, one of whom is experimenting with downloading or ā€œexternalizingā€ memory. Within a decade, Bixā€™s new technology, ā€œOwn Your Unconsciousā€ā€”which allows you access to every memory youā€™ve ever had, and to share your memories in exchange for access to the memories of othersā€”has seduced multitudes.

In the world of Eganā€™s spectacular imagination, there are ā€œcountersā€ who track and exploit desires and there are ā€œeluders,ā€ those who understand the price of taking a bite of the Candy House. Egan introduces these characters in an astonishing array of narrative stylesā€”from omniscient to first person plural to a duet of voices, an epistolary chapter, and a chapter of tweets. Intellectually dazzling, The Candy House is also a moving testament to the tenacity and transcendence of human longing for connection, family, privacy, and love.

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