The Circle

Hardcover, 491 pages

English language

Published Dec. 30, 2013 by Aflred A. Knopf - McSweeney's Books, Alfred A. Knopf.

ISBN:
978-0-385-35139-3
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OCLC Number:
859531287

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When Mae Holland is hired to work for the Circle, 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 California campus, links users' personal emails, social media, banking, and purchasing with their universal operating system, resulting in one online identity and a new age of civility and transparency. As Mae tours the open-plan office spaces, the towering glass dining facilities, the cozy dorms for those who spend nights at work, she is thrilled with the company's modernity and activity. There are parties that last through the night, there are famous musicians playing on the lawn, there are athletic activities and clubs and brunches, and even an aquarium of rare fish retrieved from the Marianas Trench by the CEO. Mae can't believe her luck, her great fortune to work for the most influential company in the world--even …

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reviewed The Circle by Dave Eggers

It feels like a caricature of dystopia

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Content warning discussion of the Circle's technology re: sexual assault (spoilers?)

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