Jake Hartnell's great cult sci-fi novel.

ΓÇ£Post modern as f@#$ and genuinely cool.ΓÇ¥ ~@RansomSilver

Set in an age when artificial intelligence and online technology have made it depressingly easy for individuals to live out their lives in the virtual world, people are now able to cast aside their imperfect bodies, gloss over their hopeless social skills and kid themselves that their bizarre fetishes are perfectly normal. And as Rai watches his best friend slip into a cycle of over-stimulated oblivion, he pledges to emancipate himself from the virtual and seek out a real relationship with a real girl.

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