Transmission
In a networked world, anything can change in an instant, and sometimes everything doesa] "Transmission," Hari Kunzruas 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. Lonely and naAve, Arjun Mehta bides his time as a lowly assistant virus tester, pining away for his free-spirited colleague Christine. Despite building digital creatures in a feeble attempt to enhance his job security, 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 Arjunas sanity, in a rollicking cataclysm that reaches Bollywood and, not so coincidentally, the glamorous star of Arjunas favorite Indian movie.