Douglas Coupland - Hey Nostradamus!
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.
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