What is The Circle about?
LONGLISTED 2015 – International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
The Circle is the exhilarating new novel from Dave Eggers, bestselling author of A Hologram for the King, a finalist for the National Book Award.
When Mae Holland is hired to work for the Circle, the world’s most powerful internet company, she feels she’s been given the opportunity of a lifetime. The Circle, run out of a sprawling California campus, links users’ personal emails, social media, banking, and purchasing with their universal operating system, resulting in one online identity and a new age of civility and transparency. As Mae tours the open-plan office spaces, the towering glass dining facilities, the cozy dorms for those who spend nights at work, she is thrilled with the company’s modernity and activity. There are parties that last through the night, there are famous musicians playing on the lawn, there are athletic activities and clubs and brunches, and even an aquarium of rare fish retrieved from the Marianas Trench by the CEO. Mae can’t believe her luck, her great fortune to work for the most influential company in the world—even as life beyond the campus grows distant, even as a strange encounter with a colleague leaves her shaken, even as her role at the Circle becomes increasingly public. What begins as the captivating story of one woman’s ambition and idealism soon becomes a heart-racing novel of suspense, raising questions about memory, history, privacy, democracy, and the limits of human knowledge.
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
The Circle is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780345808585) and hardcover(ISBN 9780385351393) and paperback(ISBN 9780804172295) and paperback(ISBN 9780345808592) and paperback(ISBN 9781101973813) and paperback(ISBN 9780345807298) and ebook(ISBN 9780345808608) and ebook(ISBN 9780385351409) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9780804191173) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9780804191197) and audiodisc(ISBN 9780804191166) and audiodisc(ISBN 9780804191180)