What begins as the captivating story of one woman’s ambition and idealism soon becomes a heart-racing novel of suspense, raising questions about memory, history, privacy, democracy, and the limits of human knowledge. That’s the same feeling, and you know it is, after some digital binge. Mae can’t believe her luck, her great fortune to work for the most influential company in the world-even as life beyond the campus grows distant, even as a strange encounter with a colleague leaves her shaken, even as her role at the Circle becomes increasingly public. The Circle by Dave Eggers 208,723 ratings, 3.43 average rating, 25,146 reviews Open Preview The Circle Quotes Showing 1-30 of 136 You know how you finish a bag of chips and you hate yourself You know you’ve done nothing good for yourself. Kai Ryssdal spoke with Eggers about how an unread email got the story. There are parties that last through the night, there are famous musicians playing on the lawn, there are athletic activities and clubs and brunches, and even an aquarium of rare fish retrieved from the Marianas Trench by the CEO. It’s based on a book of the same name by Dave Eggers, in which a mega-tech company wants access to all of our lives. As Mae tours the open-plan office spaces, the towering glass dining facilities, the cozy dorms for those who spend nights at work, she is thrilled with the company’s modernity and activity. The Circle, run out of a sprawling California campus, links users’ personal emails, social media, banking, and purchasing with their universal operating system, resulting in one online identity and a new age of civility and transparency. When Mae Holland is hired to work for the Circle, the worlds most powerful internet company, she feels shes been given the opportunity of a lifetime. When Mae Holland is hired to work for the Circle, the world’s most powerful internet company, she feels she’s been given the opportunity of a lifetime. best-selling author of A Hologram for the King. The Circle is the exhilarating new novel from Dave Eggers.

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