![Illustration by Martin Ansin accompanying the original publication in The New Yorker of short story Meet the President by Zadie Smith. Image shows the teenage boy equipped with latest augmented reality gadgets leading a young girl to a funeral, while simultaneously playing a video game.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6T-nxUWfYytxkYaWPn4vidTkHagXQyJZDDRbafPXrxL0F0pjh2pdYiA8oV8QgbGrME1j5YMYttvnPQ9wXSARzz7AHsxtW7O0i8LcgPO3jMOQd8b0yG5nj8NjBTOg-B5mPUlIBT_RvnU4/s1600/Zadie+Smith+-+Meet+the+President!.jpg)
Story summary.
A world divided into rich elite having access to latest electronics, & provincials with only ordinary human senses. A world where an agency (government?) casually kills people.This is the story of a teenage boy from electronic elite & his total disconnect from normal reality.
Fact sheet.
First published: The New Yorker, 12 August 2013.Download full text from publisher's site.
Rating: B.
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