Test Drive

McGinty, Patrick

ISBN 10: 1955593000 / ISBN 13: 9781955593007

Published by Propeller Publishing LLC, 2022

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Test Drive
• Publisher: Propeller Publishing LLC
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1955593000
• ISBN 13: 9781955593007
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Janice "Pegs" Pegula, a mechanic and test driver at a driverless car company in 2030 Pittsburgh, does not steal from her employer. Not necessarily. She skims-a tire here, a battery there, reselling parts from the supply room to save for a higher, drier apartment. Surge season is about to hit, bringing with it hurricane-like winds, public protests for better surge pay, and desperate modifications to driverless prototypes by companies who see the climate emergency as a final chance to prove their social purpose. Dodging delivery drones on her test drives and tech bros on her maintenance shifts, Pegs struggles to keep everyone happy-bosses and family, the mechanic buying her parts, and her expanding crew of fellow skimmers. When the group decides to acquire and strip a full driverless prototype, driving-and life-gets even more risky in this first fictional work to dramatize the existential crises faced by individuals working in the driverless car sector.

About the Author

Patrick McGinty received his MFA in Fiction from Portland State University. His fiction and essays have appeared in publications including ZYZZYVA, The Baffler, Bright Wall/Dark Room, and The New Inquiry, among others. His Sunday book reviews regularly appear in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and he teaches in the English Department at Slippery Rock University. He lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with his wife, Candace Jane Opper, and their son.