Moxyland
[Paperback]
Author(s):Lauren Beukes
- Published By:
- Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd
- Date Published:
- 25 April 2008
- 248 pages
- Country:
- South Africa
- EAN:
- 9781770095670
- Earn 165 points
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Art-school dropout Kendra brands herself for a nanotech marketing program; Lerato, an ambitious Aidsbaby, plots to defect from her corporate employers; Tendeka, a hot-headed activist, is becoming increasingly rabid; and rogueish blogger, Toby, discovers that the video games he plays for cash are much more - the narrators of Moxyland are on a collision course that will rewire their lives and the future of Cape Town. Moxyland crackles with bold and infectious ideas, connecting a ruthless corporate-apartheid government with video games, biotech attack dogs, slippery online identities, a township soccer school, shocking cellphones, addictive branding, and genetically modified art. A frighteningly persuasive high-tech fable for South Africa.


