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by Douglas Coupland
language: english
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing (USA), December of 2008 ‧
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The Drummond family, reunited for the first time in years, has gathered near Cape Canaveral to watch the launch into space of their beloved daughter and sister, Sarah. Against the Technicolor unreality of Florida''s finest tourist attractions, the Drummonds stumble into every illicit activity under the tropical sun-kidnapping, blackmail, gunplay, and black market negotiations, to name a few. But even as the Drummonds'' lives spin out of control, Coupland reminds us of their humanity at every turn, hammering out a hilarious masterpiece with the keen eye of a cultural critic and the heart and soul of a gifted storyteller. He tells not only the characters'' stories but also the story of our times--thalidomide, AIDS, born-again Christianity, drugs, divorce, the Internet-all bound together with the familiar glue of family love and madness.

All Families Are Psychotic

by Douglas Coupland

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ISBN: 9781596917569
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing (USA)
Release Date: December of 2008
Language: English
Pages: 288
Format: eBook
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Categories: eBooks in English > Fiction > Fiction
EAN: 9781596917569
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Douglas Coupland

Escritor canadiano nascido a 30 de Dezembro de 1961, em Baden-Sollingen, Alemanha, numa base militar da NATO. Estudou escultura no Emily Carr College of Art and Design em Vancouver e completou a sua formação em Milão (Itália) e em Sapporo (Japão), tendo chegado a receber dois Canadian National Award for Excellence in Industrial Design. Começou a escrever artigos para jornais e revistas em finais dos anos oitenta e em 1991 publicou Generation X (Geração X), o seu primeiro romance. Tanto este como Microserfs (Inforescravos, 1995) foram adoptados como manifestos de uma geração desiludida com o ritmo desumano do mundo do trabalho, o consumismo, a cultura de massas, a destruição do ambiente e a falta de sentido das suas vidas em geral. Para além destes dois romances, Coupland publicou Shampoo Planet (1992), Life After God (A Vida Depois de Deus, 1994), Polaroids From the Dead (Polaróides de Figuras Extintas, 1996), Girlfriend in a Coma (Coma Profundo, 1998), Lara's Book - Lara Croft and the Tomb Raider Phenomenon (1998) e Miss Wyoming (2000).

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