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After the Y2K panic had subsided and the streets of Times Square were cleared, America woke up to a new century shocked to find itself more or less the same as it was before. Following the lives of a group of sharply drawn characters in this uncannily hip and savagely satirical new novel from the acclaimed Sewanee Writers Series, Greg Williams takes us to the heart of the postmillennial psyche.Jonathan Scarver, CEO of Internet start-up Allminder.com, has Midas-like visions of wealth and an IPO scheduled for late spring guaranteed to skyrocket the value of his stock options to obscenity, if he can only manage to keep it a secret that the company is nearly bankrupt. His publicity director, Brad Smith, has been relying on the comfort of all-night parties to relieve the stress of work and to drown out the calling of a secret ambition. Around his life circles Nicole, a struggling actress-slash-waitress coping with a post-breakup depression. In a series of just-missed chance encounters and lost opportunities of the kind that can only happen in Manhattan, Brad and Nicoles orbits nearly collide and are then repelled, spiraling with the citys gravitational pull toward their destiny.A Bright Lights, Big Cityfor the dot.com age, Boomtownexposes with dry irony and magnetic wisdom the hubris, vanity, and deceit that fueled the staggering climb and precipitous fall of that eras ambition.
| ISBN-13 | 9781585674503 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 1585674508 |
| Weight | 0.96 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 5.65 x 1.02 x 8.35 In |
| List Price | $24.95 |
| Edition | 1st Edition |
| Format | Hardcover |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Pages | 336 pages |
| Publisher | The Overlook Press |
| Published On | 2004-03-30 |
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