Several People Are Typing

Several People Are Typing
Calvin Kasulke
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Paperback
h196 x 130mm - 256pg
27 Sep 2022 UK
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9781529358384
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Gerald, an employee of a New York-based PR firm, is working on a spreadsheet when he finds his consciousness uploaded into the company' s Slack channel. Despite his posts for help, his colleagues assume it' s an elaborate strategy to work from home. Gerald enlists his co-worker Pradeep to care for his body while they figure out how to reintegrate his consciousness. Plunging deeper into the Slack workspace-and becoming a more productive employee by the day-Gerald relies on Slackbot, the messaging service' s AI assistant, to help him navigate his new digital reality. But when Slackbot discovers a world (and an empty body) outside the app thanks to Gerald, will it hijack a ride into the real world? Meanwhile, Gerald' s co-workers are scrambling to stem a company PR catastrophe like no other. Several People Are Typing is a darkly comic, debut novel taking aim at corporate life, satirising the virtual office and the way we live #now, and is the perfect remedy for any idle fingers waiting to doomscroll. It asks is it possible for love to develop between two men when one is a disembodied consciousness? And what the hell does the :dusty-stick: emoji mean?
Calvin Kasulke is a writer based in Brooklyn, New York. A Lambda Literary Fellow, his writing and reporting have been featured in VICE, Buzzfeed, and Electric Literature. This is his first book.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781529358384
Published: 27 Sep 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Hodder Studio
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Format: Paperback
Height: 196mm
Width: 130mm
Spine: 20mm
Weight: 180g
Pages: 256

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