{"product_id":"who-knows-you-by-heart","title":"Who Knows You by Heart","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"With \u003cstrong\u003eprose as provocative as it is entertaining\u003c\/strong\u003e, WHO KNOWS YOU BY HEART brings readers face-to-face with AI in fiction's most original and visceral way yet. A story about the cost of getting ahead without selling your soul, Farley's latest shows that machines are not inert, but living reflections of our own society. \u003cstrong\u003eThis novel couldn't have come at a better time\u003c\/strong\u003e.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMateo Askaripour, New York Times bestselling author of Black Buck\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"An era-defining novel...Who Knows You by Heart\" is a very entertaining and ambitious mash-up of genres: thriller, science fiction and romance.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Farley's \u003cem\u003eWho Knows You by Heart\u003c\/em\u003e is a timely masterpiece addressing the prevalent racism and sexism in technology and the moral conundrums presented by AI.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e - \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This brilliant book is the novel we urgently need right now. In an addictively readable way, it weaves together insights about love, race, gender, and work in the era of Big Tech. This is the first great AI novel of our time, and it is unlikely to be surpassed anytime soon.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWalter Isaacson, New York Times best-selling author of \"Steve Jobs\" and \"Elon Musk\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Witty, incisive, funny and deeply prescient. C.J. Farley has his finger on the pulse of our current moment and exposes the complications of Black life, labor, and thought in the midst of it.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eImani Perry, National Book Award-winning author of South to America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The Black Arts movement of the 1960s began the revolt against Anglo standards and liberated Hispanic, Native American, and Asian American writers. But Black Arts writers were mostly poets. Beginning in 1996, C.J. Farley, Colson Whitehead, Paul Beatty, and Victor LaValle did the same for the Black novel. With his novel about a Black woman's struggles in the world of Big Tech, Farley's 'Who Knows You By Heart' is the first AI novel, and coupled with his vast knowledge of pop culture, he has written a novel about our times.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIshmael Reed, author of \"Mumbo Jumbo\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"WHO KNOWS YOU BY HEART is a brutally honest, brilliantly funny evisceration of artificial intelligence and the pretensions of the tech industry.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEric Kaplan, executive producer of \"The Big Bang Theory\" and \"Young Sheldon\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Finally a young brother with a powerful voice, not afraid to say it loud and proud. I welcome him!\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTerry McMillan, author of \"How Stella Got Her Groove Back\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Electrifying and smart, \u003cem\u003eWho Knows You By Heart\u003c\/em\u003e is part thriller, part prophecy, part gift and all the way live.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJunot Díaz, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"CJ Farley's dystopian workplace drama scintillates with light and warmth... \u003cem\u003eWho Knows You By Heart \u003c\/em\u003ehas more ideas per page than the Encyclopedia of Philosophy--with none of the bias. And it's hilariously funny. The view of Big Tech through Olivia the coder's eyes is delicious. I absolutely loved this book.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlison Bechdel, New York Times bestselling author of Fun Home and Spent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Bold and thought-provoking, \u003cem\u003eWho Knows You By Heart\u003c\/em\u003e is a sharply-crafted exploration of the ambiguous morality that lies at the intersection of humanity and technology.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJennette McCurdy, #1 New York Times bestselling author of I'm Glad My Mom Died and Half His Age\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"C.J. Farley's \u003ci\u003eWho Knows You by Heart\u003c\/i\u003e is hilarious. It's also one of the most shocking novels you'll read this year.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"[C.J. Farley's]\u003cstrong\u003e 'Kingston by Starlight' \u003c\/strong\u003eis an extraordinary achievement. Filled with heart-racing voyages, exploits, and adventures--not to mention extraordinarily vivid and elegant prose--it surprises and amazes you at every turn.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEdwidge Danticat, author of \"The Dew Breaker\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Wry, sly, and ferociously funny, [C.J. Farley's] \u003cstrong\u003e'Around Harvard Square'\u003c\/strong\u003e is not just the satire Ivy League college life deserves, but the one it's been waiting for.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarlon James, Man Booker Prize-winning author of \"A Brief History of Seven Killings\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"'\u003cstrong\u003eAround Harvard Square\u003c\/strong\u003e'...blends J.D. Salinger's rueful tones with Paul Beatty's biting humor and becomes something entirely its own.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVictor LaValle, author of \"The Changeling\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"'\u003cstrong\u003eAround Harvard Square\u003c\/strong\u003e' is a hysterical romp through one memorable freshman year...A provocative pleasure.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGish Jen, author of \"Typical American\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"C.J. Farley explores the complex realms of race and privilege at college with humor, insight, and edge.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWalter Isaacson, author of \"Leonardo da Vinci\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"'\u003cstrong\u003eZero O'Clock\u003c\/strong\u003e' is an insightful, eye-opening, and inventive story. C.J. Farley has penned a novel that sheds an important light on real issues facing young people today.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAngie Thomas, author of \"The Hate U Give\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Electrifying and smart, \u003cem\u003eWho Knows You By Heart\u003c\/em\u003e is part thriller, part prophecy, part gift and all the way live.\"--Junot Diaz\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Scintillates with light and warmth...And it's hilariously funny. The view of Big Tech through Olivia the coder's eyes is delicious. I absolutely loved this book.\" --Alison Bechdel\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart social thriller, part modern love story, \u003cem\u003eWho Knows You by Heart \u003c\/em\u003eis a sly, witty, and endlessly discussable tale of Big Tech, new money, relationships, race, and discovering what's real in an age of artificial intelligence.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOctavia Crenshaw, a Jamaican-American coder living in Manhattan, is broke, burned out, and haunted by her parents' deaths. Desperate to pay off some debts, she ditches her nonprofit job for a high-paying gig at Eustachian Inc., a Big Tech company that specializes in audio entertainment. Language, communication, human connection--these are the markets Eustachian wants to revolutionize...and dominate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOctavia finds herself swept up in the world of the Tech Titans, with its lure of instant riches and its seemingly limitless future. But as one of Eustachian's very few Black employees, Octavia is uncomfortably aware of things that seem to escape her coworkers: unexplained tech glitches, cryptic remarks, a mysterious secret floor in the corporation's gleaming headquarters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut she sets her suspicions aside when she's recruited by another Black coder--the infuriating but attractive Walcott--to collaborate on a secret project code-named Zion. Zion is a new kind of AI-powered storytelling, one that's programmed to be free from the racist and sexist biases that plague other AI products. Zion could launch Eustachian into a bold new future and make its developers super rich while righting all kinds of injustices. Octavia and Walcott's excitement over their creation sets off romantic sparks between the two of them, until they discover a toxic secret about their employer--something that they can't unlearn, or overlook, but must overcome.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 07\/01\/2025 pg. 5 (EAN 9780063418639, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 09\/01\/2025 (EAN 9780063418639, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 09\/08\/2025 (EAN 9780063418639, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eFarley, C J\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eC. 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