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LaserWriter II

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LaserWriter II is a coming-of-age tale set in the legendary 90s indie NYC Mac repair shop TekServe--a voyage back in time to when the internet was new, when New York City was gritty, and when Apple made off-beat computers for weirdos. Our guide is Claire, a 19-year-old who barely speaks to her bohemian co-workers, but knows when it's time to snap on an antistatic bracelet. Tamara Shopsin brings us a classically New York novel that couldn't feel more timely. Interweaving the history of digital technology with a tale both touchingly human and delightfully technical, Shopsin brings an…

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3 editions
  • Hardcover · English · 2021
    MCD · 224 pages · 9780374602574
  • Other · English · 2022
    Picador · 9781250859037
  • Other · English · 2021
    Farrar, Straus & Giroux · 224 pages · 9780374602581
American literatureComputer techniciansFictionApple computerComputer printers