The default world /
"The Default World is a novel about a trans woman who sets out to exploit a group of wealthy roommates, only to fall under the spell of their hedonistic lifestyle in tech-bubble San Francisco"--
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
The Feminist Press at the City University of New York,
2024.
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| Edition: | First Feminist Press edition. |
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| Summary: | "The Default World is a novel about a trans woman who sets out to exploit a group of wealthy roommates, only to fall under the spell of their hedonistic lifestyle in tech-bubble San Francisco"-- "Years after fleeing San Francisco and getting sober, Jhanvi has made a life for herself working at a grocery co-op and saving for her gender-affirming surgeries. But when her friend (and sometimes more) Henry mentions that he and his roommates spent $100,000 transforming a basement into a sex dungeon for a fire-spinning bacchanal during AlternaFest, Jhanvi starts wondering if there's a way to exploit these rich, gullible idiots. She returns to San Francisco and crashes at Henry's apartment while hatching a plan to marry him for his company's generous healthcare benefits. Though she tries to remain cynical, Jhanvi begins to feel a Gatsbyesque attraction to her roommates' decadent world of fire-eaters and erotic parties. This darkly funny novel skewers the utopian pretensions of millennial tech culture and questions the promises of "found family," with a sardonic, sensitive heroine who sees through it all."--Back cover. |
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| Item Description: | "Amethyst editions"--Back cover. |
| Physical Description: | 277 pages ; 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781558613164 1558613161 |