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01514aam a2200229 i 4500 001 5305507EF0B611EE96A0B47C3BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240402010028 008 230623s2024 enk e 000 1 eng d 020 $a 9781787588516 020 $a 1787588513 035 $a (OCoLC)1385296213 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d OCLCO $d HRF $d OCLCO $d SILO 100 1 $a Sudarshan, Aditya, $e author. 245 10 $a Idolatry / $c Aditya Sudarshan. 264 1 $a London : $b Flame Tree Press, $c 2024. 300 $a 265 pages ; $c 22 cm 500 $a "An apocalyptic tale of technology, commerce and faith in near-future Mumbai"--cover. 520 $a A near future apocalyptic vision of the everyday in Mumbai, India featuring the threat of personal technology in a world of confusing religious motivations. Idolatry, set in Mumbai in the near future, is about a novel technology, Shrine Tech, which enables everyone to worship a god of their own preference. The story follows a disaffected young actor, who is hired as a marketing rep by the company that owns the Tech. It is run by a man calling himself Mister Happy Maker. Soon, the young actor is plunged into the crucible of a society altering in strange and insane ways, in which ordinary individuals (a building society secretary, an indie film-maker, an aged priest, among others) are living their dreams, nightmarishly. 941 $a 1 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20240402010920.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5305507EF0B611EE96A0B47C3BECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search