{"product_id":"fake-accounts-paperback","title":"Fake Accounts - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLauren Oyler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW\u003c\/i\u003e EDITORS' CHOICE * A \u003ci\u003eWASHINGTON POST\u003c\/i\u003e BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An invigorating work, deadly precise in its skewering of people, places and things . . . Stylish, despairing and very funny, \u003ci\u003eFake Accounts\u003c\/i\u003e . . . adroitly maps the dwindling gap between the individual and the world.\" --Katie Kitamura, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eA woman in a tailspin discovers that her boyfriend is an anonymous online conspiracy theorist in this \"\u003cb\u003eabsolutely brilliant take on the bizarre and despicable ways the internet has warped our perception of reality\u003c\/b\u003e\" (\u003ci\u003eElle, \u003c\/i\u003eOne of the Most Anticipated Books of the Year). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn the eve of Donald Trump's inauguration, a young woman snoops through her boyfriend's phone and makes a startling discovery: he's an anonymous internet conspiracy theorist, and a popular one at that. Already fluent in internet fakery, irony, and outrage, she's not exactly shocked by the revelation. Actually, she's relieved--he was always a little distant--and she plots to end their floundering relationship while on a trip to the Women's March in DC. But this is only the first in a series of bizarre twists that expose a world whose truths are shaped by online lies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSuddenly left with no reason to stay in New York and increasingly alienated from her friends and colleagues, our unnamed narrator flees to Berlin, embarking on her own cycles of manipulation in the deceptive spaces of her daily life, from dating apps to expat meetups, open-plan offices to bureaucratic waiting rooms. She begins to think she can't trust anyone--shouldn't the feeling be mutual? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNarrated with seductive confidence and subversive wit, \u003ci\u003eFake Accounts\u003c\/i\u003e challenges the way current conversations about the self and community, delusions and gaslighting, and fiction and reality play out in the internet age.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLAUREN OYLER\u003c\/b\u003e's essays on books and culture appear regularly in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, London Review of Books, Harper's Magazine, Bookforum\u003c\/i\u003e, and other publications. Born and raised in West Virginia, she now divides her time between New York and Berlin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.3 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 08, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42698812391487,"sku":"9781646221240","price":20.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/57c36f8f23c34f4ad790b585642743a5.webp?v=1765011461","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/fake-accounts-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}