- Imprint: Viking
- ISBN: 9780241801949
- Length: 240 pages
- Price: £16.99
Bruce Holsinger, bestselling author of CULPABILITYAs suspenseful, gripping, and immersive as it is humane and compassionate, Wonderkin is a powerful novel of fatherhood for our near-dystopian era of AI agents and hyperreality. Readers will fall in love with Charles and his sons as they navigate the hazy boundaries between the human and the machine, searching for new forms of connection in a perilous, alienating world. A stunning work of imagination
Kate Folk, author of SKY DADDYWonderkin grabs hold of you and never lets go. Big-hearted, unflinching, and wholly original, this is a book that fearlessly plumbs the depths of human consciousness and reminds us how important we are to each other. No one writes like Colin Winnette
Karan Mahajan, author of THE COMPLEXAn ingenious, moving, hypnotic, and perfectly executed novel about love in a time of technological ferment. Colin Winnette’s speculative world feels more real than real life itself
Isaac Fitzgerald, New York Times bestselling author of AMERICAN RAMBLERWonderkin is an absolute marvel of a novel - speculative and intimate, emotionally generous and intellectually alive. I couldn't stop turning this book's pages until I reached the last one, and I haven't been able to stop thinking about it since
Hernan Diaz, Pullitzer Prize-winning author of TRUST[On Users] In gripping prose and disturbingly sharp focus, Colin Winnette presents us with a not-too-distant future where technology and selfhood have become completely entangled
Jeff Vandermeer[On Users] Full of the unique absurdity, dark humor, and character insight that make Colin Winnette's work such a joy
Jessamine Chan, The New York Times Book Review[On Users] Told in refreshingly unadorned prose that lets Winnette's characters and ideas shine . . . a timeless and moving story
Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of LESS[On Users] Winnette captures the anxiety and paranoia of the current age in a tale that will have you ripping through the pages. Haunting, clever, witty, terrifying, moving; reader, I loved it
About Colin Winnette
Colin Winnette is the author of several books, including Pen/Faulkner Finalist Users and Dazed and Confused, a minute-by-minute analysis of the acclaimed Richard Linklater film. He was the winner of Les Figues' NOS Book Contest, and his work has been recognized by The Believer Book Award, CSU Poetry Center's First Book Award, the Wabash Fiction Prize, and the Donald Barthelme Prize for Short Fiction. He is originally from Denton, Texas and currently lives in San Francisco.
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