{"product_id":"sike-fred-lunzer-9781250343147","title":"Sike","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA story of boy meets girl meets AI therapist, \u003ci\u003eSike \u003c\/i\u003eexplores our aching pursuit of love and self-control \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAdrian earns his living writing lyrics for rappers he never meets, and finds success with a hit song about his own fruitless search for love. After his last relationship ends in a spiral of angst, Adrian decides it's time to try Sike: the new lauded and elite AI psychotherapy app that tracks your every move and emotion, and guides you toward mental contentment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe soon falls for Maquie, a smart and pragmatic venture capitalist scouring London's tech scene for the next business boom. She can see no potential investments though, nothing sparkles. She wants to find a business as successful as Sike, and yet she is also one of the holdouts who refuse to use it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShifting between Adrian and Maquie's perspectives as it tracks the fraught first year of their relationship, \u003ci\u003eSike\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of two people wrestling with connection, identity, anxiety, success, and the limits of our obsession with self-analysis and awareness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor fans of Kazuo Ishiguro's \u003ci\u003eKlara and the Sun \u003c\/i\u003eand the modern love stories of Sally Rooney, Fred Lunzer's debut novel brings us an incisive and intimate deep dive into the reach for clarity by a curious and ambitious, anxious and irresolute generation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Fred Lunzer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250343143\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250343147\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Celadon Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/19\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Fred Lunzer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48114058166527,"sku":"9781250343147","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0c6c7521-442a-4968-afc7-360aa40c1a5b.jpg?v=1769618841","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sike-fred-lunzer-9781250343147","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}