![]() ![]() "Somebody who can design, somebody who can code, and somebody who frankly is really at the heart of these enterprises, really driving them forward," says Sloan. ![]() I think we have more great stuff to read than we ever have before, but of course the downside of that is we have more great stuff to read than we've ever had before," Sloan laughs.Ĭlay falls for a young woman named Kat, who works at Google and who embodies another San Francisco archetype - the Renaissance man (or woman), who can do just about anything. ![]() "It's the great agony and the ecstasy of the Internet today. "He went to art school, and then came out here to California to make his fortune - or something."Īs the novel opens, Clay's job has become a casualty of the recession, and he's casting around for anything that will help him stay afloat - when he's not getting distracted by interesting articles he finds online. "Clay is a pretty common character here in San Francisco," Sloan tells NPR's David Greene. It's the story of an unemployed digital designer, named Clay, who finds work in an unexpected place: a dusty old bookstore. How?Īuthor Robin Sloan has spent time on both sides of the digital divide, both as a short-story writer and an employee at Twitter - where he described his job as "something to do with figuring out the future of media." Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore Author Robin Sloan Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Mr. ![]()
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