- Diary fiction, Employees, Intergenerational relations, Staples (Firm)
Over the course of several months, two retail workers at an office supply superstore--Roger, a divorced, middle aged "aisles associate" at Staples, and his young co-worker, Bethany, an early twenty-something, former Goth--strike up a unique epistolary friendship.
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- contemporarynostalgic
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Douglas Coupland, Douglas Coupland
- First published
- 2006
- Pages
- 288
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Random House Canada, Random House of Canada
- Editions
- 12
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780307371386
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Douglas Coupland is a Canadian novelist. His fiction is complemented by recognized works in design and visual art arising from his early formal training. His first novel, the 1991 international bestseller *Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture*, popularized terms such as McJob and Generation X. He has published thirteen novels, a collection of short stories, seven non-fiction books, and a number of dramatic works and screenplays for film and television. A specific feature of Coupland's novels is their synthesis of postmodern religion, Web 2.0 technology, human sexuality, and pop culture. Coupland currently lives in Vancouver, British Columbia with his partner David Weir. He publishe
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