Posted by Declan on July 14, 2006, at 22:05:46
In reply to Re: Atomised » Declan, posted by Meri-Tuuli on June 8, 2006, at 12:19:05
Hi Merri
It *was* sexually explicit, but the main thing for me was the quality of the humour. Nihilistic and unhealthy, maybe. He has such a funny take on the 60s, you might remember the main character (Bruno?) who decides he's too ugly (and poor?) to be a hippy, so decides to be a rightwinger instead so he can get some sex. I think the writer hates a lot of the modern world; definately a misanthrope. I enhoyed it immensely.
I've never read anything by Douglas Coupland.
I really loved "All Quiet on the Western Front" when I read it recently. Now that I think of it I only ever read 2 types of books, the really tragic ones, like history books or the scornful amusing ones. And now I will go back to the Saturday papers and see what's new in the Middle East.
Declan
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