03625cam a2200337 4500 420498644 TxAuBib 20200315120000.0 ||||||s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780593164679 0593164679 988d58c6-5c18-4d44-bea0-be24aa7ac35e OverDrive (Reserve ID) 4825401 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Nguyen, Kevin. New Waves [Libby Audiobook] : A Novel. Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group, 2020. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 260MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 260MB. HTML:<b>A wry and edgy debut novel about race and startup culture, secrecy and surveillance, social media and friendship</b><br /> <b>"A knowing, witty, and thought-provoking exploration of love, modern isolation, and what it means to exist—especially as a person of color—in our increasingly digital age."—Celeste Ng, bestselling author of <i>Everything I Never Told You</i> and <i>Little Fires Everywhere<br /></i></b><br /> Lucas and Margo are fed up. Margo is a brilliant programmer tired of being talked over as the company's sole black employee, and while Lucas is one of many Asians at the firm, he's nearly invisible as a low-paid customer service rep. Together, they decide to steal their tech startup's user database in an attempt at revenge. The heist takes a sudden turn when Margo dies in a car accident, and Lucas is left reeling, wondering what to do with their secret—and wondering whether her death really was an accident. When Lucas hacks into Margo's computer looking for answers, he is drawn into her private online life and realizes just how little he knew about his best friend.<br /> With a fresh voice, biting humor, and piercing observations about human nature, Kevin Nguyen brings an insider's knowledge of the tech industry to this imaginative novel. A pitch-perfect exploration of race and startup culture, secrecy and surveillance, social media and friendship, <i>New Waves</i> asks: How well do we really know one another? And how do we form true intimacy and connection in a tech-obsessed world?<br /> <b>Praise for</b> <i><b>New Waves</b></i><br /> "Nguyen's stellar debut is a piercing assessment of young adulthood, the tech industry, and racism. . . . Nguyen impressively holds together his overlapping plot threads while providing incisive criticism of privilege and a dose of sharp humor. The story is fast-paced and fascinating, but also deeply felt; the effect is a page-turner with some serious bite."<b>—<i>Publishers Weekly</i> (starred review)<br /></b>"A blistering sendup of startup culture and a sprawling, ambitious, tender debut."<b>—<i>Kirkus Reviews</i> (starred review)</b>. Literature. Fiction. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2020-03-14 22:00:03. Chen, James. Ojo, Adenrele. Ryan, Allyson. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/4825401-NewWaves.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=988d58c6-5c18-4d44-bea0-be24aa7ac35e&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/4825401-NewWaves.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=988d58c6-5c18-4d44-bea0-be24aa7ac35e&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)