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Flux : a novel / Jinwoo Chong.
Brandon experiences his reality unraveling when he begins losing chunks of time and finding himself in an apartment he doesn't recognize, and starts to suspect his new employers have discovered time travel and are covering up violent crimes.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781685890346 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 341 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: Brooklyn, NY : Melville House, 2023.
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| Subject: | Time travel > Fiction. Secrecy > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Science fiction. Novels. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookstown Branch | FIC Chong | 31681010315638 | FICTION | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
After 8-year-old Bo loses his mother in a tragic accident, his white father, attempting to hold their lives together, begins to gradually retreat from the family. 28-year-old Brandon finds himself in an apartment he does not recognize, an office he sometimes cannot remember leaving, and comes to suspect that something far more sinister is happening behind the walls. 48-year-old Blue, who can only speak with the aid of cybernetic implants, participates in a television expose of Flux, a failed bioelectric tech startup whose fraudulent activity eventually claimed the lives of three people and nearly killed him. As the lives of Bo, Brandon and Blue intersect with each other, it becomes clear that their lives are more interconnected and interdependent than could have ever imagined. -- adapted from Goodreads - Baker & Taylor
Brandon experiences his reality unraveling when he begins losing chunks of time and finding himself in an apartment he doesnât recognize and starts to suspect his new employers have discovered time travel and are covering up violent crimes. - Baker & Taylor
"A blazingly original and stylish debut novel about a young man whose reality unravels when he suspects his mysterious new employers have inadvertently discovered time travel--and are using it to cover up a string of violent crimes..."--Dust jacket flap. - Random House, Inc.
- A New York Times Editorâs Choice
- Best Book of 2023 by Esquire, Apple Books, HuffPost, GQ, Cosmopolitan, and Goodreads.
- Finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel
- VCU Cabell First Novelist Award
"Brazen, exhilarating, fun, and surprising! I couldn't predict where this novel was going, but I was definitely along for the ride." -- Ling Ma, author of Severance
A blazingly original and stylish debut novel about a young man whose reality unravels when he suspects his mysterious employers have inadvertently discovered time travelâand are using it to cover up a string of violent crimes . . .
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Four days before Christmas, 8-year-old Bo loses his mother in a tragic accident, 28-year-old Brandon loses his job after a hostile takeover of his big-media employer, and 48-year-old Blue, a key witness in a criminal trial against an infamous now-defunct tech startup, struggles to reconnect with his family.
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So begins Jinwoo Chongâs dazzling, time-bending debut that blends elements of neo-noir and speculative fiction as the lives of Bo, Brandon, and Blue begin to intersect, uncovering a vast network of secrets and an experimental technology that threatens to upend life itself. Intertwined with them is the saga of an iconic â80s detective show, Raider, whose star actor has imploded spectacularly after revelations of long-term, concealed abuse.
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Flux is a haunting and sometimes shocking exploration of the cyclical nature of grief, of moving past trauma, and of the pervasive nature of whiteness within the development of Asian identity in America.
