EAN: 9780804172295

DAVE EGGERS - GEBRAUCHT THE CIRCLE (VINTAGE) - ...

Now a Major Motion Picture starring Emma Watson and Tom Hanks. A bestselling dystopian novel
that tackles surveillance  privacy and the frightening intrusions of technology in our lives.
When Mae Holland is hired to work for the Circle  the world's most powerful internet company 
she feels she's been given the opportunity of a lifetime. The Circle  run out of a sprawling
California campus  links users' personal emails  social media  banking  and purchasing with
their universal operating system  resulting in one online identity and a new age of civility
and transparency. As Mae tours the open-plan office spaces  the towering glass dining
facilities  the cozy dorms for those who spend nights at work  she is thrilled with the
company's modernity and activity. There are parties that last through the night  there are
famous musicians playing on the lawn  there are athletic activities and clubs and brunches  and
even an aquarium of rare fish retrieved from the Marianas Trench by the CEO. Mae can't believe
her luck  her great fortune to work for the most influential company in the world-even as life
beyond the campus grows distant  even as a strange encounter with a colleague leaves her shaken
even as her role at the Circle becomes increasingly public. What begins as the captivating
story of one woman's ambition and idealism soon becomes a heart-racing novel of suspense 
raising questions about memory  history  privacy  democracy  and the limits of human knowledge.

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