Solving For Y

by Frederick Barrows

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Pub Date Nov 18 2014 | Archive Date Feb 20 2015

Lone Argonaut | Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), Members' Titles

General Fiction (Adult)

Description

From the tech boom of the 1990s to the bursting of the tech bubble, Y is there.

From the turn of the millennium to the rise of social media, Y is there.

From the emergence of mind-expanding technologies to the cusp of a post-Earth future, Y is there.

Solving For Y, the second novel from Frederick Barrows, explores free agency, both personally and professionally. It also highlights the inherent mystery and ultimate unknowability of others.

Embodying these ideas is the outwardly enigmatic Y. Readers experience the world from Y’s intensely immediate point of view as he doggedly pursues a career in information technology. Those most closely orbiting his life, however, struggle to reconcile Y’s lack of dependence on others, be it emotionally or materially, with a need to find a defining purpose in their own lives.

When it comes to the considered life, there are no easy answers.

From the tech boom of the 1990s to the bursting of the tech bubble, Y is there.

From the turn of the millennium to the rise of social media, Y is there.

From the emergence of mind-expanding...