Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot by David Shafer is a darkly comic debut novel published by Little, Brown on August 5, 2014. This first edition spans 432 pages and is presented in English. The narrative follows three young adults as they navigate the challenges of their thirties, including issues of boredom and authenticity, against the backdrop of a powerful online oligarchy aiming to privatize information.
Readers will encounter an intriguing blend of espionage and satire as the characters become embroiled in a secret battle between the Committee, an international group of industrialists and media moguls, and Dear Diary, an idealistic online movement. The story features Leila Majnoun, Leo Crane, and Mark Deveraux, whose diverging paths and personal conflicts unfold amidst a global struggle that intertwines radical politics and technology. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot offers a unique perspective on the complexities of modern life and the quest for meaningful change.
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Three young adults grapple with the usual thirty-something problems–boredom, authenticity, an omnipotent online oligarchy–in David Shafer’s darkly comic debut novel.
- Selected by Time, NPR, Slate, and Kirkus as one of the Best Books of the Year
- Shortlisted for the Pacific Northwest Book Award
The Committee, an international cabal of industrialists and media barons, is on the verge of privatizing all information. Dear Diary, an idealistic online Underground, stands in the way of that takeover, using radical politics, classic spycraft, and technology that makes Big Data look like dial-up. Into this secret battle stumbles an unlikely trio: Leila Majnoun, a disillusioned non-profit worker; Leo Crane, an unhinged trustafarian; and Mark Deveraux, a phony self-betterment guru who works for the Committee.
Leo and Mark were best friends in college, but early adulthood has set them on diverging paths. Growing increasingly disdainful of Mark’s platitudes, Leo publishes a withering takedown of his ideas online. But the Committee is reading–and erasing–Leo’s words. On the other side of the world, Leila’s discoveries about the Committee’s far-reaching ambitions threaten to ruin those who are closest to her.
In the spirit of William Gibson and Chuck Palahniuk,Whiskey Tango Foxtrot is both a suspenseful global thriller and an emotionally truthful novel about the struggle to change the world in- and outside your head.
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