Blending the dark humor of Patrick deWitt and the jagged social and
techno-satire of Black Mirror, an audacious, eerily prescient debut
novel that chronicles the rise and fall of a massive high-rise
housing complex, and the lives it affected before-and after-its
demise. Standing nearly five hundred stories tall, Los Verticales
once bustled with life and excitement. Now this marvel of modern
architecture and nontraditional urban planning has collapsed into a
pile of rubble known as the Heap. In exchange for digging gear, a
rehabilitated bicycle, and a small living stipend, a vast community
of Dig Hands removes debris, trash, and bodies from the building's
mountainous remains, which span twenty acres of unincorporated
desert land. Orville Anders burrows into the bowels of the Heap to
find his brother Bernard, the beloved radio DJ of Los Verticales,
who is alive and miraculously broadcasting somewhere under the
massive rubble. For months, Orville has lived in a sea of campers
that surrounds the Heap, working tirelessly to free Bernard-the
only known survivor of the imploded city-whom he speaks to every
evening, calling into his radio show. The brothers' conversations
are a ratings bonanza, and the station's parent company, Sundial
Media, wants to boost its profits by having Orville slyly drop
brand names into his nightly talks with Bernard. When Orville
refuses, his access to Bernard is suddenly cut off, but strangely,
he continues to hear his own voice over the airwaves, casually
shilling products as "he" converses with Bernard. What follows is
an imaginative and darkly hilarious story of conspiracy, revenge,
and the strange life and death of Los Verticales that both captures
the wonderful weirdness of community and the bonds that tie us
together.
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