Infinite Sadness of Small Appliances and beautifully flawed" (People

and beautifully flawed" (People

A Founder whose understanding of power and of human nature enabled him to move men and marshal ideas

Formally inspired by Hervé Guibert'sThe Mausoleum of Lovers

Birds swarm the dying man's room

Infinite Sadness of Small Appliances and beautifully flawed" (PeopleIn 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