Eastern Standard Tribe

Name: Eastern Standard Tribe
Author: Cory Doctorow
ISBN: 9781973563136

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Eastern Standard Tribe is a novel about Art Berry, a marketing executive and inveterate user of social software who wakes up in a hospital in Toronto, suffering from a bad case of amnesia. Art's wife, Fede, tells him that he's been in a car accident, but Art doesn't believe her. He's sure that he's been kidnapped and deliberately made to forget his past. Art becomes convinced that his wife is an imposter and that the real Fede is still missing. He escapes from the hospital and begins an odyssey across North America to find his true wife and unravel the mystery of his amnesia. Along the way, Art is drawn into a high-stakes game of hide-and-seek involving members of the Eastern Standard Tribe—a secret society of people who live their lives according to the social norms and time zone of the Eastern Standard Time zone, no matter where in the world they actually live. As Art uncovers the truth about his own past, he becomes entangled in a dangerous world of corporate intrigue, cutting-edge social software, and international espionage. The novel explores themes of identity, loyalty, and the ways that technology shapes our relationships and our sense of self.

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