Book description
Hari Kunzru's Transmission is a witty novel about
cyberspace, a Bollywood dancer and a world where everyone is connected.
It's the twenty-first century, and everything and everyone is connected.
Meet Arjun Mehta, an Indian cybergeek catapulted into California's
spiralling hi-tech sector; Leela Zahir, beguiling Bollywood actress
filming in the midge-infested Scottish wilds; and Guy Swift, hyped-up
marketing exec lost in a blue-sky tomorrow of his own devising. Three
dislocated individuals seeking nodes of connectivity - a place to fit
in. Yet this is the twenty-first century, and their lives are about to
become unexpectedly entangled as a virus spreads, and all their
futures are rewired. But will it take them further from their dreams,
or closer to their hearts?
'An aphoristic joke, a neat turn of phrase; a joke that makes you
laugh . . . there's nothing Kunzru couldn't manage in prose.
Thoroughly engrossing' Literary Review
'Funny, heartfelt and beautifully written, confirms Kunzru as one of
the most talented writers of his generation' Image
'Very enjoyable, I couldn't put it down. Funny and wry; it is deftly
plotted; its characters intimately drawn. Blissful' Observer
'Utterly affecting, a novel with devastating satirical bite'
Financial Times
Hari Kunzru is the author of the novels The Impressionist,
Transmission, My Revolutions and Gods Without
Men, and the story collection Noise. He lives in New York.
Hari Kunzru was born in 1969 and lives in east London. His first
novel, The Impressionist, was the winner of the Betty Trask Prize 2002,
and shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the Whitbread
First Novel Award. Hari Kunzru was named one of Granta's Best of Young
British Novelists, 2003.
