BOOMSDAY - Softcover

Buckley, Christopher

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ISBN 10: 0749080035 ISBN 13: 9780749080037

Publisher: Allison & Busby, 2007

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One of America's most hilarious novelists and bestselling author of "Thank You For Smoking" returns with a biting comedy about generational warfare. Cassandra Devine, a charismatic 29-year-old blogger and member of Generation Whatever, is outraged over the excesses of the Baby Boomer generation and their negligent handling of the mounting Social Security debt. When she politely suggests that Baby Boomers be given government incentives to kill themselves by the age of seventy-five, it catches the imagination of millions of outraged citizens, including an ambitious senator who sees this as his ticket to becoming President. With the help of Washington's greatest spin doctor, the blogger and the politician try to ride the issue of euthanasia for Boomers (called "transitioning") all the way to the White House, over the objections of the Religious Right, and of course, the Boomers themselves, who are deeply offended by demonstrations on the golf courses of their retirement resorts.

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'Hilarious...like a wittier West Wing, Boomsday takes a rollicking, entertaining look at the machinations inside Washington...ultimately a very successful satire' OBSERVER'Mischievously funny...this screwball caper blends the downright ridiculous with the ridiculously plausible to morbid yet hilarious effect' DAILY MAIL'Buckley displays his usual talent for converting America's political controversies into hilarious caricatures...highly diverting' GUARDIAN'If you really want to read about spin in all its cynical glory, then ditch your Alastair Campbell doorstops and buy this lacerating satire instead. You'll laugh your ass - sorry, arse - off.' NEW STATESMAN

About the Author:

Christopher Buckley, "the quintessential political novelist of his time" according to Fortune magazine, is the winner of the distinguished ninth annual Thurber Prize for American Humor, Tom Wolfe has described him as "one of the funniest writers in the English language."
Buckley is the author of eleven books, many of them national bestsellers, including Thank You For Smoking, God Is My Broker, No Way To Treat A First Lady, and Florence of Arabia. His books have been translated into over a dozen languages, including Russian and Korean.

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