| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
580 pages ; 25 cm |
| Summary |
"A monumental, uproarious, and exuberant novel about the search--for love, truth, and the meaning of Life With The Internet" -- provided by publisher. |
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"The enigmatic billionaire founder of Tetration, the world's most powerful tech company, hires a failed novelist, Josh Cohen, to ghostwrite his memoirs. The mogul, known as Principal, brings Josh behind the digital veil, tracing the rise of Tetration, which started in the earliest days of the Internet by revolutionizing the search engine before venturing into smartphones, computers, and the surveillance of American citizens. Principal takes Josh on a mind-bending world tour from Palo Alto to Dubai and beyond, initiating him into the secret pretext of the autobiography project and the life-or-death stakes that surround its publication. Insider tech exposé, leaked memoir-in-progress, international thriller, family drama, sex comedy, and biblical allegory, Book of Numbers renders the full range of modern experience both online and off. Embodying the Internet in its language, it finds the humanity underlying the virtual" -- provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Biographers -- Fiction.
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Chief operating officers -- Fiction.
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High technology industries -- Fiction.
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Internet -- Social aspects -- Fiction.
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Information technology -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Allegories.
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Jewish fiction.
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| ISBN |
9780812996913 (hardcover) |
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0812996917 (hardcover) |
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