Transmission spans the globe, yet gives you glimpses into lives that resonate with the reader. This feat is enhanced by Kunzru's unlikely cast choices of Bollywood starlet, young Indian hacker on a visa in the US, desperate English ad man and his Euro P.R. girlfriend. The great talent of Kunzru, imho, is to create these authentic characters with the scantiest of detail. He then has them populate places that are hyper-authentic or rather his descriptions of their interactions bring both character and setting to life. Few novelists could have a fugitive stumbling around an outlet mall, ordering at Starbucks and buying sunglasses, and place these mundane moments at the height of their tale and make them legendary.
I decided to tackle the novels of Kunzru because I was so taken with "Gods without Men". "Transmission" has some of that magic, the fun a reader has when a novelist is a spell maker and is connecting together his cluttered, random elements both before your eyes or shifting magically offstage.
Should you be a fan of "Gods without Men" I strongly suggest that you will almost enjoy "Transmission" as much.
On my mystery scale I will give it a double rejoice.
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