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Several people are typing : a novel / Calvin Kasulke.

Kasulke, Calvin, (author.).

Summary:

Gerald, a mid-level employee of a New York-based public relations firm, has been uploaded into the company's internal Slack channels--at least his consciousness has. His colleagues assume it's an elaborate gag to exploit the new work-from-home policy, but now that Gerald's productivity is through the roof, his bosses are only too happy to let him work from... wherever he says he is. Faced with the looming abyss of a disembodied life online, Gerald enlists his coworker to help him escape and to find out what happened to his body. But the longer Gerald stays in the void, the more alluring and absurd his reality becomes. Meanwhile, Gerald's colleagues have PR catastrophes of their own to handle in the real world. And if Gerald gets to work from home all the time, whey can't everyone? Is true love possible between two people when one is just a line of text in an app? And what the hell does the :dusty stick: emoji mean? -- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780385547222
  • ISBN: 0385547226
  • ISBN: 9780593313534
  • ISBN: 0593313534
  • Physical Description: 248 pages ; 21 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Doubleday, [2021]

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Publisher, publishing date, and paging may vary.
Subject: Virtual reality > Fiction.
Artificial intelligence > Fiction.
Public relations firms > Fiction.
Genre: Humorous fiction.
Novels.
Fiction.

Available copies

  • 9 of 9 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at North Kansas City.

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  • 1 current hold with 9 total copies.
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Several People Are Typing : A Novel
Several People Are Typing : A Novel
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Several People Are Typing : A Novel


A Good Morning America Book Club Pick! * A work-from-home comedy where WFH meets WTF. * "An absurd, hilarious romp through the haunted house of late-stage capitalism." --Carmen Maria Machado, author of In the Dream House Told entirely through clever and captivating Slack messages, this irresistible, relatable satire of both virtual work and contemporary life is The Office for a new world. Gerald, a mid-level employee of a New York-based public relations firm has been uploaded into the company's internal Slack channels--at least his consciousness has. His colleagues assume it's an elaborate gag to exploit the new work-from home policy, but now that Gerald's productivity is through the roof, his bosses are only too happy to let him work from ... wherever he says he is. Faced with the looming abyss of a disembodied life online, Gerald enlists his co-worker Pradeep to help him escape, and to find out what happened to his body. But the longer Gerald stays in the void, the more alluring and absurd his reality becomes. Meanwhile, Gerald's colleagues have PR catastrophes of their own to handle in the real world. Their biggest client, a high-end dog food company, is in the midst of recalling a bad batch of food that's allegedly poisoning Pomeranians nationwide. And their CEO suspects someone is sabotaging his office furniture. And if Gerald gets to work from home all the time, why can't everyone? Is true love possible between two people, when one is just a line of text in an app? And what in the hell does the :dusty-stick: emoji mean? In a time when office paranoia and politics have followed us home, Calvin Kasulke is here to capture the surprising, absurd, and fully-relatable factors attacking our collective sanity ... and give us hope that we can still find a human connection.

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