The circle : a novel
Title:
The circle : a novel
Author:
Eggers, Dave.
ISBN:
9780804172295
Edition:
First vintage open-market edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Vintage Books, Random House LLC, 2014.
Physical Description:
497 p. ; 18 cm
Abstract:
"When Mae Holland is hired to work for 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, hip California campus, links all of users' online data with their universal operating system, creating a new age of civility and transparency. But 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 limits of human knowledge." -- Back cover.
Subject:
| Memory -- Fiction. |
| Privacy -- Fiction. |
| Social media -- Fiction. |
| Internet industry -- Fiction. |
| Satire. |
| Humorous stories. |
Summary:
"When Mae Holland is hired to work for 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, hip California campus, links all of users' online data with their universal operating system, creating a new age of civility and transparency. But 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 limits of human knowledge." -- Back cover.