In the electric Eden

"From the electrocution of Topsy the Elephant at Coney Island in 1903 to the rekindling relationship of two high school sweethearts in a stolen SUV, each story in Nick Arvin's first collection reveals a world where people struggle against their own shortcomings as time and technology move inexorably forward. Arvin explores how technology shapes the way we interact with one another and how we experience a world governed by it."--BOOK JACKET.