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In the Arabian desert, near a long-delayed construction site for a future city, Alan Clay, a not-so-successful entrepreneur, waits for an appointment with the Saudi king to demonstrate his cutting-edge holographic technology and secure a lucrative contract. Alan is patient and while waiting, he tries to comprehend the world he lives in, which has changed dramatically over the past decades. Nothing matters here anymore - only profit and cheapness. Friendship, kindness, dignity are no longer important here - only comfort. This is a world in which Alan has too few chances, because there will always be those who are younger, more successful, more arrogant.

Dave Eggers literally broke into the first ranks of contemporary American writers. He is called the heir to J.D. Salinger, and each of his novels is truly an event for both literature and the reader.