JPod Read By Douglas Coupland
| Title | : | JPod |
| Author | : | Douglas Coupland |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Page | : | 554 pages |
| ISBN | : | 0747589151 |
Already dubbed Microserfs 2.0 by some pundits a winking allusion to Douglas Coupland s previous novel Microserfs, which similarly chronicled pop culture damaged twentysomething misfits flailing, foundering, and occasionally succeeding in the high tech sector JPod is, like all of Coupland s novels, a byproduct of its era and yet strangely detached from it Only this time Already dubbed Microserfs 2.0 by some pundits a winking allusion to Douglas Coupland s previous novel Microserfs, which similarly chronicled pop culture damaged twentysomething misfits flailing, foundering, and occasionally succeeding in the high tech sector JPod is, like all of Coupland s novels, a byproduct of its era and yet strangely detached from it Only this time with a bold and very crafty narrative device Douglas Coupland, novelist, is a character in Douglas Coupland s novel Which, when you think about it, makes sense since the type of people Coupland depicts are precisely the type of people who consume Coupland novels As the once great comedian Dennis Miller might holler, Stop him before he sub references again Readers familiar with Coupland s oeuvre know what to expect with the characterizations here They also know that Coupland on a roll is both savagely observant and laugh out loud funny Bree was showing someone photos of her recent holiday visiting Korean animation sweathshops She was bummed because she couldn t get into North Korea too much legal juju She said I just wanted to know what it s like to be in a society with no technology except for three dial telephones and a TV camera they won from Fidel Castro in a game of rock paper scissors Much of the book is like that, built on granular and meandering exchanges between characters about stuff While JPod s flow is hobbled by some preposterous twists and character traits and by random words, phrases, and numbers splattered gratuitously across successive pages in oversized typeface, it s hard to imagine Coupland fans walking away disappointed Kim Hughes
about Author
Douglas Coupland is Canadian, born on a Canadian Air Force base near Baden Baden, Germany, on December 30, 1961 In 1965 his family moved to Vancouver, Canada, where he continues to live and work Coupland has studied art and design in Vancouver, Canada, Milan, Italy and Sapporo, Japan His first novel, Generation X, was published in March of 1991 Since then he has published nine novels and sever Douglas Coupland is Canadian, born on a Canadian Air Force base near Baden Baden, Germany, on December 30, 1961 In 1965 his family moved to Vancouver, Canada, where he continues to live and work Coupland has studied art and design in Vancouver, Canada, Milan, Italy and Sapporo, Japan His first novel, Generation X, was published in March of 1991 Since then he has published nine novels and several non fiction books in 35 languages and most countries on earth 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 in spaces in North America, Europe and Asia 2006 marks the premiere of the feature film Everything s Gone Green, his first story written specifically for the screen and not adapted from any previous work A TV series 13 one hour episodes based on his novel, jPod premieres on the CBC in January, 2008 His most recent novel is, The Gum Thief Retrieved 07 55, May 15, 2008, from 
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Already dubbed Microserfs 2.0 by some pundits a winking allusion to Douglas Coupland s previous novel Microserfs, which similarly chroni
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