Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town
Last updated October 31, 2026
Cory Doctorow's novel follows Alan, whose father is a mountain and whose mother is a washing machine. Having left his strange family behind, he settles in Toronto and tries to pass as an ordinary man. He befriends his neighbors and joins a young hacker in building a free wireless network across the city. But his brothers, each odder than the last, reappear and threaten the life he has made, in a story that blends fantasy and technology.
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