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 196,Width 126
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9780349108391
ClassificationsDewey:813.54
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint Abacus
Publication Date 7 November 1996
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Andy, Dag and Claire are 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 Californian desert. Unsure of their futures, they immerse themselves in a rgime of heavy drinking and working at no-future McJobs in the service industry. Underemployed, overeducated, intensely private and unpredictable they have nowhere to direct their anger, no-one to asuage 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-disposable Swedish furniture...

Author Biography

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.

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 'Fiercely comic.' SUNDAY EXPRESS 'A weird, highly intelligent trashing of the whole yuppy culture.' GAY TIMES