Fake Accounts av Lauren Oyler

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOLLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE A wry, provocative and very funny debut novel about identity, authenticity and the self in the age of the internet¿I loved it¿ Zadie Smith¿Brilliant, very funny¿ Guardian¿Prepare to feel very seen¿ I-DOn 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. But this is only the first in a series of bizarre twists that expose a world whose truths are shaped by online lies.Suddenly left with no reason to stay in New York ¿ or be anywhere in particular ¿ she flees to Berlin, and embarks on her own cycles of manipulation in the deceptive spaces of her daily life, from dating apps to expat social events, open-plan offices to bureaucratic waiting rooms.Narrated in a voice as seductive as it is sub