<B>In a networked world anything can change n an instant and sometimes everything does....</B> <br><br> <I>Transmission</I> Hari Kunzru's new novel of love and lunacy immigration and immunity introduces a daydreaming Indian computer geek whose luxurious fantasies about life in America are shaken when he accepts a California job offer. <br> Lonely and naïve Arjun Mehta spends his days as a lowly assistant virus tester and pining away for his free-spirited colleague Christine. Arjun gets laid-off like so many of his Silicon Valley peers. In an act of desperation to keep his job he releases a mischievous but destructive virus around the globe that has major unintended consequences. As world order unravels so does Arjun's sanity in a rollicking cataclysm that reaches Bollywood and not so coincidentally the glamorous star of Arjun's favorite Indian movie. <br> Award-winning novelist Hari Kunzru was hailed as a 'modern-day Kipling' for his bestselling debut <I>The Impressionist.</I> With this exuberant follow-up Kunzru takes an ultracontemporary turn in a stylish playful and wicked exploration of life at the click of a mouse.
