Player One: What Is to Become of Us: A Novel in Five Hours (CBC Massey Lectures) - Softcover

Coupland, Douglas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0887849687 ISBN 13: 9780887849688

Publisher: House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada, 2010

Synopsis

Player One International bestselling author Douglas Coupland delivers a real-time, five-hour story set in an airport cocktail lounge during a global disaster. Five disparate people are trapped inside: Karen, a single mother waiting for her online date; Rick, the down-on-his-luck airport lounge bartender; Luke, a pastor on the run; Rachel, a cool Hitchcock blonde incapable of true human contact; and finally a... Full description

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Review:

"Douglas Coupland has surely reserved his place at the top table of North American fiction." -- "Independent on Sunday"

"Somewhere deep in Coupland's consciousness is a little door marked 'greatness.'" -- "Guardian"

"Douglas Coupland may be one of the smartest, wittiest writers around." -- "Esquire"

"Eighteen years on from "Generation X", Coupland still satirizes pop culture better than anyone." -- "GQ"
Douglas Coupland has surely reserved his place at the top table of North American fiction. Independent on Sunday
Somewhere deep in Coupland s consciousness is a little door marked greatness. Guardian
Douglas Coupland may be one of the smartest, wittiest writers around. Esquire
Eighteen years on from Generation X, Coupland still satirizes pop culture better than anyone. GQ
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Book Description:

From the bestselling author of Jpod, Generation X and Generation A comes a dystopian Breakfast Club for the twenty-first century.

About this edition

• Publisher: House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0887849687
• ISBN 13: 9780887849688
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256