{"product_id":"2940170480944","title":"Transmission","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn a networked world, anything can change n an instant, and sometimes everything does....\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTransmission,\u003c\/i\u003e Hari Kunzru's new novel of love and lunacy, immigration and immunity, introduces a daydreaming Indian computer geek whose luxurious fantasies about life in America are shaken when he accepts a California job offer. \u003cbr\u003e Lonely and naïve, Arjun Mehta spends his days as a lowly assistant virus tester and pining away for his free-spirited colleague Christine. Arjun gets laid-off like so many of his Silicon Valley peers. 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. \u003cbr\u003e Award-winning novelist Hari Kunzru was hailed as a \"modern-day Kipling,\" for his bestselling debut, \u003ci\u003eThe Impressionist.\u003c\/i\u003e With this exuberant follow-up, Kunzru takes an ultracontemporary turn in a stylish, playful, and wicked exploration of life at the click of a mouse.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47123235569904,"sku":"2940170480944","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170480944_p0.jpg?v=1763710502","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170480944","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}