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Four narrators, all with linked lives, all trying, and largely failing, to achieve something, or even to make sense of the world around them. Coupland manages to tackle tough issues - religion and it’s relevance in the modern world, especially how it relates to the horrors described in the first part of the book; deception; exploitation; faith; and how all these things manage to mingle with more personal issues, such as being part of a family unit or forming relationships. This makes everything seem petty, as if you could view these situations with utter objectivity.

Comparisons with Generation X are inevitable, but I think this book is more affecting, even though is cannot match the atmosphere of the authors debut.