Everyone has heard of Microsoft, and everyone who works in the
computer industry must wonder what it is like to work for them.
Microserfs follows the fortune of five twenty-somethings who have
spent virtually all their post-graduate hours toiling on the latest
high-tech project. The job is super-cool and the pay, if you are on
the Share Incentive Scheme, is high, but there are no long-term
prospects and relationships are conducted by e-mail. Microserfs is
littered with witty one-liners, as the main plot, for what it's
worth, follows Daniel as he and his fellow nerds (a geek is a nerd
with money) leave Microsoft and set up their own company. Daniel's
father has just lost his job at IBM and is slowly disintegrating,
and neither of them discusses Jed, Daniel's bother, who died in a
boating accident. The new life is much the same as the old. Instead
of being Bill's serfs they are serfs to their new company. An
extremely funny insight into modern techno-culture, we nearly
forget the emptiness of these people's lives as they struggle with
the pressures of delivering their software on time. Michael locks
himself in his office and works throughout the night while the
others search for 'flat food' to slip under his door. (Cheese
slices, cream crackers and pop tarts.) Susan tapes episodes of
Seinfeld and then falls asleep watching them. Bug listens to 80s
British rock music as he's never had time to listen to anything
more recent. Microserfs takes a cool cynical look at a new
medievalism. (Kirkus UK)
From the acclaimed author of Hey Nostradamus! comes a wonderful
comic novel with 'more one-liners than a decade of Woody Allen
films' (Guardian), about the scramble for love and success in a
brave new world... Bill is wise. Bill is kind. Bill is benevolent.
Bill, Be My Friend... Please! At computer giant Microsoft, Dan,
Susan, Abe, Todd and Bug are struggling to get a life. The job may
be super cool, the pay may be astronomical, but they're heading
nowhere, and however hard they work, however many shares they earn,
they're never going to be as rich as Bill. And besides, with all
the hours they're putting in, their best relationships are on
e-mail. Something's got to give...
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