The Circle

The Circle is the exhilarating new novel from Dave Eggers; best-selling author of A Hologram for the King; a finalist for the National Book Award. When Mae Holland is hired to work for the Circle; the world's most powerful internet company; she feels she's been given the opportunity of a lifetime. The Circle; run out of a sprawling California campus; links users' personal emails; social media; banking; and purchasing with their universal operating system; resulting in one online identity and a new age of civility and transparency. As Mae tours the open-plan office spaces; the towering glass dining facilities; the cozy dorms for those who spend nights at work; she is thrilled with the company's modernity and activity. There are parties that last through the night; there are famous musicians playing on the lawn; there are athletic activities and clubs and brunches; and even an aquarium of rare fish retrieved from the Marianas Trench by the CEO. Mae can't believe her luck; her great fortune to work for the most influential company in the world-even as life beyond the campus grows distant; even as a strange encounter with a colleague leaves her shaken; even as her role at the Circle becomes increasingly public. What begins as the captivating story of one woman's ambition and idealism soon becomes a heart-racing novel of suspense; raising questions about memory; history; privacy; democracy; and the limits of human knowledge.