Buyers Alert: THE CIRCLE by Dave Eggers
Many libraries have not ordered Dave Eggers’ new book, The Circle, which is being published next week. A late drop-in to the RH/Knopf catalog, it was also reviewed late by the pre-pub sources (Kirkus and Publishers Weekly have covered it).
An excerpt is the cover story of last week’s NYT Magazine, an event considered such a “departure” that it had to be explained in an accompanying story (not that the magazine completely avoids fiction; short story author George Saunders was featured on the cover at the beginning of the year as was the King family of writers this summer).
The Circle is also available in audio from BOT (CD, 9780804191180: Audiobook Download, 9780804191197)
UPDATE:
The Circle is being reviewed so widely that Gawker published an article titled, “Circle Jerks: Why Do Editors Love Dave Eggers?”
Entertainment Weekly — gives it a B+
Los Angeles Times: “Trapped in the web with Dave Eggers’ The Circle: Dave Eggers’ dystopian novel The Circle follows a young woman as she gives her life over to an Internet company.” by Carolyn Kellogg
The New York Times — “Inside the World of Big Data: The Circle, Dave Eggers’s New Novel,” by Michiko Kakutani
Slate Magazine — “All That Happens Must Be Known: Dave Eggers has zero interest in the tech world. So why did he write a 500-page satire about it?”
Time Magazine — “Dave Eggers’ Scathing Attack on Social Media: The author’s new book zings our obsession with being constantly connected,” by Lev Grossman
The Wall Street Journal — Dave Eggers’s The Circle Takes Vengeance on Google, Facebook
The Washington Post — “Dave Eggers’s The Circle is a relentless broadside against social media overload” by Ron Charles