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Generation X

Tales for an Accelerated Culture

By: Douglas Coupland

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Paperback | 4 May 2017 | Edition Number 1

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224 Pages

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1.5 x 12.6 x 19.6

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The twenty-fifth anniversary edition of Douglas Coupland's classic.

Andy, Dag and Claire have been handed a society beyond their means. Twentysomethings, brought up with divorce, Watergate and Three Mile Island, and scarred by the 80s fallout of yuppies, recession, crack and Ronald Reagan, they represent the new generation - GENERATION X.

Fiercely suspicious of being lumped together as an advertiser's target market, they have quit dreary careers and cut themselves adrift in the California desert. Unsure of their futures, they immerse themselves in a regime of heavy drinking and working in no future McJobs in the service industry.

Underemployed, overeducated and intensely private and unpredicatable, they have nowhere to direct their anger, no one to assuage their fears, and no culture to replace their anomie. So they tell stories: disturbingly funny tales that reveal their barricaded inner world. A world populated with dead TV shows, 'Elvis moments' and semi-disposible Swedish furniture.

About the Author

Douglas Coupland is a novelist who also works in visual arts and theatre. His novels include Girlfriend in a Coma and Jpod. He lives in Canada.

Industry Reviews

A new age J.D Sallinger on smart drugs. - TIME OUT **

Dizzying sparkle and originality. - THE TIMES **

Quirky, witty, with an affection for its characters which lifts it above the level of such as Bret Easton Ellis's 'Less than Zero. - MAIL ON SUNDAY **

A Landmark book. - DAILY TELEGRAPH **

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