The Subprimes, Karl Taro Greenfeld
The Subprimes, Karl Taro Greenfeld
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The Subprimes

Author: Karl Taro Greenfeld

Narrator: Adam Verner

Unabridged: 9 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/19/2015

Categories: Fiction, Satire

Synopsis

In a future America that feels increasingly familiar, you are your credit score. Extreme wealth inequality has created a class of have-nothings: Subprimes. Their bad credit ratings make them unemployable. Jobless and without assets, they've walked out on mortgages, been foreclosed upon, or can no longer afford a fixed address. Fugitives who must keep moving to avoid arrest, they wander the globally warmed American wasteland. Desperate for work and food, a Subprime family has been forced to migrate east. They are soon joined in their odyssey by a writer and his family - slightly better off, yet falling fast. Eventually, they discover a small settlement of Subprimes who have begun an agrarian utopia built on a foreclosed exurb. Soon, though, the little stability they have is threatened when their land is targeted by job creators for shale oil extraction.

About Karl Taro Greenfeld

Karl Taro Greenfeld is the author of seven previous books, including the novel Triburbia and the acclaimed memoir Boy Alone. His award-winning writing has appeared in Harper's Magazine, The Atlantic, The Paris Review, Best American Short Stories 2009 and 2013, and The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories 2012. Born in Kobe, Japan, he has lived in Paris, Hong Kong, and Tokyo, and currently lives in Pacific Palisades, California, with his wife, Silka, and their daughters, Esmee and Lola.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lindsey on March 22, 2016

2.5/5 Stars Received this book from a Goodreads First Reads Giveaway! Summary: The world has gone to hell and all over a credit score. Anyone with an unacceptable credit score is forced out of their home and made to fend for themselves in this decaying world. You follow a couple different characters th......more

Goodreads review by Molly on April 21, 2015

I received this book through the Goodreads First Read program. Having read some of this authors previous work, I knew I would like the voice, and I wasn't wrong. The book is generally written in the third person, except for one character who writes in the first person, which was a little unusual, bu......more

Goodreads review by Michael on June 16, 2015

I would have ranked this book much higher for its engaging writing and astute politics. This is the world we all fear is coming: an economy and planet devastated by special rights for corporations and rich people. But I have mixed feelings because what saves this book from being thoroughly depressin......more

Goodreads review by John on March 29, 2019

I liked the idea of this book more than I liked reading this book.......more

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