Oval

"J. G. Ballard meets William Gibson meets Jeff VanderMeer. Oval is an up-to-the-minute story about the twilight zones of corporate design, aesthetics, pharmacy, and bioengineering, where there's nothing consultants won't break in the quest for 'innovation.' What could possibly go wrong? Find out in Elvia Wilk's crisp and stylish debut book." —McKenzie Wark, author of Gamer Theory and A Hacker Manifesto In the near future, Berlin's real estate has become more unaffordable than ever; artists are employed by corporations as consultants; and the weather is acting strange. In search of housing, Anja and Louis move into a community on an artificial mountain, where they're offered a home rent free in exchange for keeping quiet about the eco-settlement's seriously malfunctioning infrastructure. When Louis returns from his mother's funeral, Anja is convinced he has changed. He seems to be in denial of his grief, consumed by a secret...