Won several awards and earned spots of multiple best seller lists. The economic gap is big enough that the rich are buying immortality and the poor are being shot in the streets. No one reads anymore because books are considered gross and smelly. Social Media controls everyone's life, to the point where every waking moment is spent online, posting or rating people's social acceptance, finances or sexiness. The country is on the brink of economic collapse, hounded by it creditors (China), and the government exists only to encourage capitalism and squash dissidents. However, she likes that he's financially well off (and not her parents) so they move in together.Īll through out the book, it's hinted pretty anviliciously that America is not doing well. Lenny falls hard for Eunice, but her feelings are more ambiguous. The second is Eunice Park, a Korean-American student torn between the selfish materialism of her generation and her family's oppressive traditional values. The first is Lenny Abramov - an unremarkable, middle aged everyman who's trying to improve his life, working hard enough at his job to be recruited for immortality. Set 20 Minutes into the Future, it's the story of two people falling in love while American society crumbles around them.
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