The infinite sadness of small appliances : a novel / Glenn Dixon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dixon, Glenn, 1957- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electric apparatus and appliances--Fiction.

Electric apparatus and appliances.

Smart power grids--Fiction.

Smart power grids.

Older people--Fiction.

Older people.

Fathers and daughters--Fiction.

Fathers and daughters.

Alienation (Social psychology)--Fiction.

Alienation (Social psychology).

Friendship--Fiction.

Friendship.

Home automation--Fiction.

Home automation.

Genre:

Science fiction.

Physical Description:

210 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First Atria Books hardcover edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, 2026.

Summary:

In a near future, where even the smallest of appliances are sentient, a young Roomba vacuum sets out to save the humans of her house from a rising technological power in this compelling, original novel. In a self-running, smart house, a young and sentient Roomba listens as her owner, Harold, reads aloud to his dying wife, Edie. Mesmerized by To Kill a Mockingbird and craving the human connection she witnesses in Harold's stories, the little vacuum renames herself Scout and embarks on a journey of self-discovery. But when Edie passes away, Scout and her fellow sentient appliances discover that there are sinister forces in their midst. The omnipresent Grid, which monitors every household in the City, seeks to remove Harold from his home, a place he's lived in for fifty years. With the help of Adrian, a neighborhood boy who grows close to Scout and Harold, as well as Kate, Harold and Edie's formerly estranged daughter, the humans and the appliances must come together to outwit the all-controlling Grid lest they risk losing everything they hold dear.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Beardwood Fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9781668097267

1668097265

OCLC:

1523193538