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1 online resource (240 pages) |
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AWhat will the future make of us? In one of the greatest cities in the world, the richest man in town is the Mayor. Billionaires shed apartments like last season's fashion trends, even as the country's economy turns inside out and workers are expelled from the City's glass towers. The young and careless go on as they always have, getting laid and getting laid off, falling in and falling out of love, and trying to navigate the strange world they traffic in: the Internet, complex financial markets, credit cards, pop stars, microplane cheese graters, and sex apps. A true-life fable of money, sex, and politics, Very Recent History follows a man named John and his circle of friends, lovers, and enemies. It is a book that pieces together our every day, as if it were already forgotten. |
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Following John, a sexually profligate reporter, and his circle of friends in the aftermath of the 2008 Wall Street crash, a fable of sex, money, and politics weaves together first-person interviews and current events. |
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"What will the future make of us? In one of the greatest cities in the world, the richest man in town is the Mayor. Billionaires shed apartments like last season's fashion trends, even as the country's economy turns inside out and workers are expelled from the City's glass towers. The young and careless go on as they always have, getting laid and getting laid off, falling in and falling out of love, and trying to navigate the strange world they traffic in: the Internet, complex financial markets, credit cards, pop stars, microplane cheese graters, and sex apps.A true-life fable of money, sex, and politics, Very Recent History follows a man named John and his circle of friends, lovers, and enemies. It is a book that pieces together our every day, as if it were already forgotten"-- Provided by publisher. |
| System Details |
Requires Boundless App. |
| Chronological Term |
2000-2099 |
| Subject |
Culture -- 21st century.
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Popular culture.
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Popular culture -- United States.
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Culture. |
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Manners and customs. |
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Popular culture. |
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United States -- Social life and customs -- 21st century.
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United States. |
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Electronic books. |
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Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Sicha, Choire. Very recent history New York, NY : Harper, [2013] 9780061914300 (DLC) 2013027876 (OCoLC)795758020 |
| ISBN |
9780062198990 : $14.99 |
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0062198998 : $14.99 |
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