{"product_id":"the-secret-life-three-true-stories-of-the-digital-age-paperback","title":"The Secret Life: Three True Stories of the Digital Age - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrew O'Hagan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward-winning essayist and novelist Andrew O'Hagan presents a trio of reports exploring the idea of identity on the Internet--true, false, and in between--where your virtual self takes on a life of its own outside of reality.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of the Year \u003c\/b\u003e- \u003cb\u003eOne of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e's Top 10 Book of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eEssays and Literary Criticism\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eChicago Reader\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e's Books We Can't Wait to Read\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Secret Life\u003c\/i\u003e issues three bulletins from the porous border between cyberspace and IRL. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Ghosting\" introduces us to the beguiling and divisive Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, whose autobiography O'Hagan agrees to ghostwrite with unforeseen--and unforgettable--consequences. \"The Invention of Ronnie Pinn\" finds him using the actual identity of a deceased young man to construct an entirely new one in cyberspace, leading him on a journey deep into the Web's darkest realms. And \"The Satoshi Affair\" chronicles the strange case of Craig Wright, the Australian Web developer who may or may not be the mysterious inventor of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto--and who may or may not be willing, or even able, to reveal the truth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese fascinating pieces take us to the weirder fringes of life in a digital world while also casting light on our shared predicaments. What does it mean when your very sense of self becomes, to borrow a term from the tech world, \"disrupted\"? \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Life\u003c\/i\u003e shows us that it might take a novelist, an inventor of selves, armed with the tools of a trenchant reporter, to find an answer.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew O'Hagan\u003c\/b\u003e is one of Britain's most exciting and serious contemporary writers. He has been nominated for the Man Booker Prize three times, was voted one of \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e's 2003 Best of Young British Novelists, and received the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the E. M. Forster Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eOur Fathers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBe Near Me\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Illuminations\u003c\/i\u003e, among other books. He lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 09, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51776141951264,"sku":"9781250192790","price":18.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/cd532f34247389d42651a987d3ea1269.webp?v=1780473204","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-secret-life-three-true-stories-of-the-digital-age-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}