Sarah G. Pierce: For Human Use, Kartoniert / Broschiert
For Human Use
- A Novel
- Verlag:
- Hachette Book Group USA, 02/2026
- Einband:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Sprache:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9780316586535
- Artikelnummer:
- 12452226
- Umfang:
- 448 Seiten
- Gewicht:
- 394 g
- Maße:
- 210 x 140 mm
- Stärke:
- 29 mm
- Erscheinungstermin:
- 10.2.2026
- Serie:
- Run For It
- Hinweis
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Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Klappentext
Sarah G. Pierce's debut, For Human Use , is a glossy, razor-cut spiral into algorithmic obsession and capitalist absurdity where the dread hits hardest because it reads like a headline you've already scrolled past.
"A wildly entertaining debut. Sarah G. Pierce cleverly skewers our modern era of disconnection and corporate overreach. But amid the horror and humor there is a deeply human love story at the heart of this book." -E. K Sathue, author of Youthjuice
When Liv, a sleek new app that matches users with dead bodies, becomes a cultural obsession, the world doesn't recoil. It invests. It scales. And it starts asking how many more cadavers can be sourced before Q4.
Tom, a venture capitalist, knows this should be a hard no. But really, who can argue with a spreadsheet? The founder Auden is insufferable and Mara, who knows too much, is just trying to survive this Brave New World of bloodless tech-managed desire.
Twisted, smart, and disturbingly plausible, For Human Use is for the emotionally exhausted and professionally complicit-perfect for readers who didn't know they were craving a crossover of Severance and John Marrs' The One .
"An utterly ingenious horror-romcom, darkly zeitgeisty, and unnervingly plausible-funny as hell, too. You will not forget this book." -Heather Aimee O'Neill, author of Read With Jenna book club pick The Irish Goodbye
"A razor-sharp satire of venture capitalism, online influence culture, and The Discourse, Pierce holds a mirror to an all-too familiar reality where the unthinkable becomes thinkable if there's profit to be made and prestige to be gained. A human romance in a world gasping for human connection, this one goes places!" -Bitter Karella, author of Moonflow