At the end of this dystopian novel, Mae, as more of a cyborg than an empathetic human, believes that it is possible that all people’s thoughts will be known to the public.Įggers, Dave. Ignoring Kalden’s –who is actually Ty Gospodinov, the founder and inventor of the company–warnings about a totalitarian surveillance regime, Mae continues to work after her ex-boyfriend, Mercer, drives off a bridge and dies after drones are sent out to pursue him. Although the Circle seems like a paradise of cutting-edge technology, limitless resources, and activities, in reality, it is intruding on the every action of its employees and customers.Īs Mae works her way up from Customer Experience to higher ranks, she becomes increasingly desensitized to respecting other people’s privacy, valuing benefits such as a high salary, good reputation, and a health insurance plan for her father diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, despite the looming negative consequences. Comparable to today’s Google, Facebook, or Apple, The Circle is based in central California and has the corporate slogan “All that Happens Must be Known.” Essentially, all of the company’s employees work tenaciously to augment datafication and the Circle’s reputation and influence, at the cost of destroying people’s privacy. Dave Eggers’s 2013 novel, The Circle, is a story about Mae Holland, a recent college graduate, who is hired by her friend Annie to work at the most influential technology company in the world, The Circle. 'Immensely readable and very timely' Metro 'An elegantly told, compulsively readable parable for the 21st Century' Vanity Fair Pre-order the electrifying follow up to The Circle now.
Mae can't believe her great fortune to work for them - 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. Run out of a sprawling California campus, the Circle links users' personal emails, social media, and finances with their universal operating system, resulting in one online identity and a new age of transparency. When Mae 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. Fast, witty and troubling' Washington Post 'The Circle is 'Brave New World' for our brave new world. The artist must be absolutely untethered. It’s the same thing as under the Soviets, where we’re in service to some political message.
Otherwise there’s no art, because then we’re just writing pamphlets or it’s state-sponsored creation.
'A gripping and highly unsettling read' Sunday Times And we have to remember that the freedom of the artist has to be absolute. THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - a dark, thrilling and unputdownable novel about our obsession with the internet NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE starring Tom Hanks, Emma Watson and John Boyega
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