![]() Lois fails to thrive until a takeaway leaflet for Clement Street Soup and Sourdough flops through the door of the flat she’s hardly ever in. They have no time to eat properly, subsisting on a nutritive gel named Slurry. Lois, his young protagonist, works at a tech startup in San Francisco, programming robot arms alongside her mostly male colleagues – “bony and cold-eyed, wraiths in Japanese denim and limited-edition sneakers”. As US author Robin Sloan’s follow-up to his bestselling debut Mr Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore demonstrates, it can also become an obsession. L ive sourdough starter is more a pet than a cooking ingredient, demanding loving nurture and regular attention. ![]()
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