Generation X [Hardcover]

Douglas Coupland (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1992

A riotous, raunchy tale about three 'twenty somethings' who inhabit adjoining bungalows in Palm Springs.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 184 pages
• Publisher: Little Brown & Co (T) (April 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0349103313
• ISBN-13: 978-0349103310
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 7.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,395,909 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Decline of the West - diagnosis or symptom?, August 26, 2011

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Simon G. Barrett (london, england) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Generation X (Hardcover)

Reader advisory: this will not be 'most helpful'

I review this apotheosis of the late boomers, fulsomely I hope (heck, I gave it 5!), over on user-friendly amazon.co.uk

This is just to say I hope the publishers have corrected affected (p87) to effected by now, but I doubt it. As for mouéed*, I don't know where to look! Though I guess if you think of it as mwah mwah with a French accent it's kinda cute - matches the preciousness of someone who not only italicizes, bless him, but italicizes **half**-words

Make sure to get the 1st edition. Not so much a book, more an artifact - indeed, an artifact of the very thing it chronicles. A cross between late Antonioni without the politics and youthful Godard without the sex appeal

*You can't turn French nouns into verbs, and even if you could, the accent is de trop

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars HOW CAN THIS GEM BE OUT OF PRINT??? WAKE UP, PUBLISHERS!!!, October 27, 1997

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[e-mail] (Berlin, Germany) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Generation X (Hardcover)

This is how it all started for Douglas Coupland. The story of Andy, Dag and Claire, three Generation-X-twentysomethings. Sharing an inside look into their everyday life with the reader, garnished with tasteful little stories from their past life, spot-hitting illustrations and guidelines such as "bench-press your i.q." make this one an absolute must-read for everybody born after 1968 and a bible for parents to understand the real problems of their little ones.BUY THIS, NO MORE WORDS NECESSARY!!!

5 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Coupland's influence on pop culture will only grow..., April 13, 1999

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[e-mail] (Milwaukee, WI. U.S.A.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Generation X (Hardcover)

Douglas Coupland's first novel, Generation X, made a definte and resounding impact on pop culture. He did not "invent" the phrase, but his novel brought to light all the things that 'generation X' has come to mean.

This is not Coupland's finest book, but as his first, it is an interesting study and an enjoyable beginning to a fantastic and continuing career. His writing style, even here in his first novel, is unique and flowing. Douglas Coupland's books will continue to have a finger on the pulse of his generation, and his influence on pop culture will continue to grow.