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Publication Date: 26 May 2022
Format: Paperback
Extent: 320 pp
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ISBN: 9780857308245
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IMPOSTOR SYNDROME
Kathy Wang
One of the Guardian's 'top ten books about cybercrime' and a razor-sharp exploration of female success, the power of Big Tech and the looming threat of foreign espionage.
Julia Lerner is the COO of Tangerine, one of Silicon Valley's biggest tech companies, and an icon to professional women everywhere. She is also a Russian spy. Groomed to reach the upper echelons of American society, Julia now uses her position at Tangerine to funnel information back to Russia's largest intelligence agency.
Alice Lu works as a low-level analyst within Tangerine, having never quite managed to climb the corporate ladder. One afternoon, when performing a server check, Alice discovers some unusual activity and is burdened with two powerful but distressing suspicions: Tangerine's privacy settings aren't as rigorous as the company claims, and the person abusing this loophole might be Julia Lerner herself. Now, Alice must decide what to do with this information - before Julia finds out she has it.
Kathy Wang joins the show from California to talk about her spy thriller: Imposter Syndrome. Complex women characters in the tech world making choices for self, work and country - brilliant read and fab song choices.
READER REVIEWS FOR IMPOSTOR SYNDROME
PRESS REVIEWS FOR Impostor Syndrome
'A wickedly convincing deep-dive into the dark underbelly of Silicon Valley'
- Ruth Ware, internationally bestselling author
A wickedly convincing deep-dive into the dark underbelly of siliconvalley
'A trenchant critique of our dependence on social media - and a great page-turner'
- Tahmima Anam, author of The Startup Wife
'Part spy mystery, part espionage thriller, part Silicon Valley satire about the role of minority women in the dev community, few new novels feel as fresh and current as this'
- Dan Malakin, Guardian
'Fascinating'
- Crime Time
'In Impostor Syndrome, she has created a corporate spy thriller which cuts uncomfortably close to our current reality.'
- Sonja van der Westhuizen, Crime Fiction Lover
'Style, humour and humanity. An immersive and thought-provoking read'
- Dot Marshall-Gent, Promoting Crime Fiction
'A writer capable of getting her teeth into her subject's most vulnerable parts and leaving it bloodied and bruised...This is a timely, provocative and very necessary book which has an agenda yet never forgets to be entertaining, relatable and riveting'
- Angus Batey, Quietus
'A skilled satirist of the Northern California dream'
- Harper's Bazaar
'Like John le Carré filtered through Tom Wolfe, Impostor Syndrome encapsulates our Facebook anxieties perfectly'
- The Millions
'Wang restyles Silicon Valley's famed 'toxicity' around gender and race into actual poison, and translates workplace politics into a caper of geopolitical consequence. Impostor Syndrome, like its two heroines, wears its greatness lightly.'
- The New Republic
'The Silicon Valley spy novel we've all been waiting for, with a side order of biting satire and furious feminism'
- CrimeReads
'This book is an impeccably-plotted and snarky page-turner, and its portrayal of Silicon Valley is so accurate that I laughed out loud... Impostor Syndrome will hook you in until the very last page'
- Susie Yang, New York Times bestselling author of White Ivy
'A propulsive spy thriller and a sharp take on the illusion of the American Dream'
- People
'Expect spies, Silicon Valley, and satire in Kathy Wang's second novel, a smart page-turner'
- Oprah Daily
'Electrifying... you'll be glued to the pages the entire time'
- The Skimm
'Satisfying...Wang sets the story in the overheated Silicon Valley and sharpens her teeth on its self-mythologizing and excesses'
- San Francisco Chronicle
'Excellent... Wang deftly explores some of the broader cultural issues she broached in Family Trust as well - how women and BIPOC are treated in corporate America, and who has access to the American dream'
- Buzzfeed
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