{"product_id":"9781797128405","title":"Candy House: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF THE TOP 10 BOOKS OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eTHE NEW YORK TIMES • ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY • SLATE • THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlso named one of the BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR by \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair, Time,\u003c\/i\u003e NPR, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian, Oprah Daily, Self, Vogue, The New Yorker,\u003c\/i\u003e BBC, \u003ci\u003eVulture,\u003c\/i\u003e and many more!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOLIVIA WILDE to direct A24’s TV adaptation of \u003ci\u003eThe Candy House\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Visit from the Goon Squad\u003c\/i\u003e!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom one of the most celebrated writers of our time comes an “inventive, effervescent” (\u003ci\u003eOprah Daily\u003c\/i\u003e) speculative novel about memory, technology, privacy, and the quest for authenticity and human connection.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Candy House\u003c\/i\u003e opens with the staggeringly brilliant Bix Bouton, whose company, Mandala, is so successful that he is “one of those tech demi-gods with whom we’re all on a first name basis.” Bix is forty, with four kids, restless, and desperate for a new idea, when he stumbles into a conversation group, mostly Columbia professors, one of whom is experimenting with downloading or “externalizing” memory. Within a decade, Bix’s new technology, “Own Your Unconscious”—which allows you access to every memory you’ve ever had, and to share those memories in exchange for access others’—has seduced multitudes.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn the world of Egan’s spectacular imagination, there are “counters” who track and exploit desires and there are “eluders,” those who understand the price of taking a bite of the Candy House. Egan introduces these characters in an astonishing array of interconnected narratives and narrative styles—from omniscient to first person plural to a duet of voices, an epistolary chapter, and a chapter of tweets. Intellectually dazzling, \u003ci\u003eThe Candy House\u003c\/i\u003e is also a moving, speculative fiction testament to the tenacity and transcendence of human longing for connection, family, privacy, and love.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“A beautiful exploration of loss, memory, and history” (\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e), “this is minimalist maximalism. It’s as if Egan compressed a big 19th-century novel onto a flash drive” (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).","brand":"Simon and Schuster","offers":[{"title":"CD-Audio","offer_id":47492452811038,"sku":"9781797128405","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/8436\/0222\/files\/9781797128405.jpg?v=1790561956","url":"https:\/\/shop.simonandschuster.com\/products\/9781797128405","provider":"Simon and Schuster","version":"1.0","type":"link"}