About the Book
Art-school drop out Kendra brands herself for a nanotech marketing programme; Lerato, an ambitious Aidsbaby, plots to defect from her corporate employers; Tendeka, a hot-headed activist, is becoming increasingly rabid; and roguish blogger Toby discovers that the video games he plays for cash are much more � the narrators of Moxyland are on a collision course that will rewire their lives and the future of Cape Town.
Moxyland crackles with bold and infectious ideas, connecting a ruthless corporate-apartheid government with video games, biotech attack dogs, slippery online identities, scary epidemics, a township soccer school, shocking cellphones, addictive branding, and genetically modified art. A frighteningly persuasive high-tech fable for South Africa.
About the Author
Lauren Beukes is an author, cartoon scriptwriter, award-winning columnist and self-described recovering journalist. She�s also published a rollicking non-fiction, Maverick: Extraordinary Women From South Africa�s Past and various short stories, most recently as part of the cellphone literature project, Novel Idea. She is head scriptwriter at SA�s largest animation studio, Clockwork Zoo.
