Additional information
| Weight | 312 g |
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| Dimensions | 230 × 150 × 17 mm |
| Format | |
| Imprint | Boolarong Press |
| ISBN | 9781925877601 |
| Page extent | 212 |
| Publication Year | 2020 |
| Subject | Fiction |
The Deagon Deviation
$29.99
Rob Cramb
When the mysterious new Director General of a premier research institute introduces Chinese-style management by algorithm, using sophisticated digital technologies, maverick Head of Department Jack Deagon feels compelled to push back with a subversive campaign of wit and irony. As he deviates from the road the institute is being taken down, he runs into a sinister plot that is about much more than using technology to manage people, putting himself and his younger colleagues on a collision course with a dangerous adversary.
admin –
Highly amusing, an entertaining evocative tale, unerringly depicts the mindless awfulness of modern bureaucracy- could be a documentary (except many couldn’t believe this sort of thing goes on).
Bill Malcolm
University of Melbourne
Professor John Quiggin, UQ, Brisbane –
Fans of the academic novel will enjoy Rob Cramb’s first outing. The story begins in familiar fashion with a research institute striving, as so many do, to produce game-changing students and digital disruption but rapidly spins out of control, as rogue algorithms threatening to destroy the hero’s life. Brisbane readers will enjoy the setting, and appreciate the title.
admin –
A mystery; a commentary on bureaucratic gobbledygook and what the late David Graeber called “bullshit jobs;” and a hilarious read. Cramb’s narrative voice is ironic but humane.
Highly recommended.
Professor Tania Li, University of Toronto