{"product_id":"kluge","title":"kluge","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIf you and I are in the same =‘entertainment venue’ for this =‘stand-up comedy special’ and I am =‘my body’ and you are =‘my audience’ I run to you and shout your name into the dark, in the hope you are there.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eYes, you\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e=‘dear reader’\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e=‘attentive listener’.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a story about the end days of a tech company and its all-powerful owner, told in the style of a stand-up comedy special.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProphetic, propulsive and absurdly entertaining, \u003cem\u003ekluge\u003c\/em\u003e is a workplace satire about artificial intelligence and the value of a body–and Pip Adam's best novel yet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'An audacious, dazzling masterpiece. I love you, Pip Adam, put me on a leash and drag me to Hell.'\u003cem\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eHera Linsday Bird\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'utterly unmooring . . . a work of outrageous genius.\u003c\/span\u003e’ —Jordy Rosenberg, author of \u003ci\u003eNight Night Fawn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'meticulously crafted ... a mind-bending and chilling artefact\u003c\/span\u003e’ —Kerry Donovan Brown, author of \u003ci\u003eLamplighter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan data-teams=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNote: this book is available in four different coloured covers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003epip adam\u003c\/strong\u003e is Tangata Tiriti and a fiction writer who lives in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. She is the author of four novels: \u003cem\u003eAudition\u003c\/em\u003e (2023), \u003cem\u003eNothing to See \u003c\/em\u003e(2020), \u003cem\u003eThe New Animals\u003c\/em\u003e (2017, winner of the Acorn Foundation Prize for Fiction), and \u003cem\u003eI’m Working on a Building\u003c\/em\u003e (2013); and the short story collection \u003cem\u003eEverything We Hoped\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eFor\u003c\/em\u003e (2010, winner of the NZSA Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction). Audition was published in Australia by Giramondo and in the UK by Peninsula Press. pip makes the Better off Read podcast.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Te Herenga Waka University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51958057042231,"sku":"9781776923229","price":38.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0928\/5048\/7607\/files\/kluge-covers-ezgif.com-gif-to-webp-converter.webp?v=1779943257","url":"https:\/\/teherengawakapress.co.nz\/products\/kluge","provider":"Te Herenga Waka University Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}