Its hard to imagine having unequivocal feelings one way or another about the canadian writer douglas coupland. Douglas coupland was born on a nato base in germany in 1961. Hey nostradamus read online or download ebooks pdfepub for. Douglas douglas coupland s previous effort had the gum thief has the elements i like best about microserfs and generation x. The gum thief by douglas couplandworking at staples, among the tons of postit notes and ballpoint pens, is not, if coupland is to be believed, that much fun. Hey nostradamus download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. The gum thief by douglas coupland was a novel that i knew i needed to read as soon as i found out that it was set in a staples office supply store. Generation x author douglas coupland is to adapt his own novel the gum thief as a feature film after striking a deal with j.
Its wonderfully sustaining, despite the very humdrum setting of a staples superstore in small town america. His first novel, generation x, was published in march of 1991. October 2007 andrea chmielewski fiction the gum thief by douglas coupland. A few years ago it dawned on me that everybody past a certain age regardless of how they look on the outside pretty much constantly dreams of being able to escape from their lives. Tales for an accelerated culture, the novel that defined coupland as a writer. The gum thief 2007 read online free book by douglas. Publication date 2007 topics office equipment and supplies industry. Each time i pick up a work by douglas coupland and i have read most of his body of work since i was first introduced to him in high school i earnestly hope that this will be the work that once again recaptures the magic of generation x. Verbal reality in retail park purgatory douglas couplands the gum thief author. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. An epistolary novel, the gum thief is written as a.
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