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Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Douglas Coupland
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:224
Dimensions(mm): Height 226,Width 130
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9780349142593
ClassificationsDewey:813.54
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint Abacus
Publication Date 4 May 2017
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

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.

Author Biography

Douglas Coupland studied art and design. He has published nine novels and several non-fiction books in 35 languages. He has written and performed for the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford, England, and in 2001 resumed his practice as a visual artist, with exhibitions worldwide.

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 **