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epub | 20.54 MB | English| Isbn:9781596917101 | Author: Douglas Coupland | Year: 2008
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Quote:JPod, Douglas Coupland's most acclaimed novel to date, is a lethal joyride into today's new breed of tech worker.Category:Fiction, Literature, World Fiction, Fiction Subjects, Literary Fiction, Canadian Fiction, Science & Technology - Fiction, Business, Work, & Money - Fiction, Humorous Fiction, Canadian Fiction - 21st century, Computers & Life Online - Fiction, Satire
Ethan Jarlewski and five co-workers whose surnames begin with "J" are bureaucratically marooned in jPod, a no-escape architectural limbo on the fringes of a massive Vancouver game design company. The jPodders wage daily battle against the demands of a boneheaded marketing staff, who daily torture employees with idiotic changes to already idiotic games. Meanwhile, Ethan's personal life is shaped (or twisted) by phenomena as disparate as Hollywood, marijuana grow-ops, people-smuggling, ballroom dancing, and the rise of China. JPod's universe is amoral, shameless, and dizzyingly fast-paced like our own.