Karl Taro Greenfeld

The Subprimes Karl Taro Greenfeld

Publisher Marketing: In a future America that feels increasingly familiar, you are your credit score. Extreme wealth inequality has created a class of have-nothings: Subprimes. Their bad credit ratings make them unemployable. Jobless and without assets, they ve walked out on mortgages, been foreclosed upon, or can no longer afford a fixed address. Fugitives who must keep moving to avoid arrest, they wander the globally warmed American wasteland. Desperate for work and food, a Subprime family has been forced to migrate east. They are soon joined in their odyssey by a writer and his family - slightly better off, yet falling fast. Eventually, they discover a small settlement of Subprimes who have begun an agrarian utopia built on a foreclosed exurb. Soon, though, the little stability they have is threatened when their land is targeted by job creators for shale oil extraction." Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2015 (EAN 9780062132420, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 03/16/2015 (EAN 9780062132420, Hardcover) Booklist 05/15/2015 pg. 25 (EAN 9780062132420, Hardcover) - *Starred Review New York Times Book Review 05/17/2015 pg. 25 (EAN 9780062132420, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Greenfeld, Karl Taro Karl Taro Greenfeld is the author of seven previous books, including the novel Triburbia and the acclaimed memoir Boy Alone. His award-winning writing has appeared in Harper's Magazine, The Atlantic, The Paris Review, Best American Short Stories 2009 and 2013, and The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories 2012. Born in Kobe, Japan, he has lived in Paris, Hong Kong, and Tokyo, and currently lives in Pacific Palisades, California, with his wife, Silka, and their daughters, Esmee and Lola. Contributor Bio:  Verner, Adam Adam Verner has worked professionally in the voice over industry for nine years, voicing everything from audiobooks, commercials, online videos, and even the voice of a beer coaster. Yes, indeed, a beer coaster that screams, 'Beer thief!' when your brew is snatched. He came to voiceover from a stage background, holds a bachelor's in theatre from Bradley University and a master of fine arts from the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University.