The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi

The Windup Girl is a critically acclaimed 2009 biopunk novel. Set in 23rd century Thailand, this award-winning masterpiece of science fiction explores a dystopian future in which calories have become currency. Synopsis: Anderson Lake is a company man, AgriGen's Calorie Man in Thailand. Under cover as a factory manager, Anderson combs Bangkok's street markets in search of foodstuffs thought to be extinct, hoping to reap the bounty of history's lost calories. There, he encounters Emiko. Emiko is the Windup Girl, a strange and beautiful creature. One of the New People, Emiko is not human; instead, she is an engineered being, creche-grown and programmed to satisfy the decadent whims of a Kyoto businessman, but now abandoned to the streets of Bangkok. Regarded as soulless beings by some, devils by others, New People are slaves, soldiers, and toys of the rich in a chilling near future in which calorie companies rule the world, the oil age has passed, and the side effects of bio-engineered plagues run rampant across the globe. The book is in good used condition. The cover and pages are bent, but there is no writing or marking of the pages.