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Description for Meatspace
Paperback. Some light shelf wear, else as new. Signed by author
The second novel from Costa First Novel Award shortlisted author Nikesh Shukla. 'The first and last thing I do every day is see what strangers are saying about me.' Kitab Balasubramanyam has had a rough few months. His girlfriend left him. He got fired from the job he hated for writing a novel on company time, but the novel didn't sell and now he's burning through his mum's life insurance money. His father has more success with women than he does, and his Facebook comments get more likes. Kitab is reduced to spending all of his time in his flat ... Read more
The second novel from Costa First Novel Award shortlisted author Nikesh Shukla. 'The first and last thing I do every day is see what strangers are saying about me.' Kitab Balasubramanyam has had a rough few months. His girlfriend left him. He got fired from the job he hated for writing a novel on company time, but the novel didn't sell and now he's burning through his mum's life insurance money. His father has more success with women than he does, and his Facebook comments get more likes. Kitab is reduced to spending all of his time in his flat ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Number of Pages
300
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780007565061
SKU
KRA0009101
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-3
About Nikesh Shukla
Nikesh Shukla is a writer of fiction and television and host of the Subaltern podcast. His debut novel, Coconut Unlimited was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award 2010 and longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2011. Meatspace is his second novel.
Reviews for Meatspace
'Like Douglas Coupland's Generation X, this novel captures a cultural moment' - Guardian 'An anarchic, self-involved and admirably honest portrait of a bookish life lived in the brave new digital world' - New Statesman 'Chilling' - Observer 'Buzzing with streetwise smarts and satirical barbs, it's a thoughtful, often hilarious, meditation on a young writer's loneliness in the digital age' - ... Read more