Generation X
Tales for an Accelerated Culture
by Douglas Coupland
Recommended by Dave Elitch and Christopher Harris
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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books and Fiction.
Generation X is Douglas Coupland's acclaimed salute to the generation born in the late 1950s and 1960sa generation known vaguely up to then as "twentysomething."Andy, Claire, and Dag, each in their twenties, have quit "pointless jobs done grudgingly to little applause" in their respective hometowns and cut themselves adrift on the California dese...
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Christopher Harris
“Great social commentary from the early ‘90s. | Today’s book off the Shelves to read a bit of is the novel that coined the term: “Generation X” by Douglas Coupland. Slackers trying to strip away unnecessary things in the desert. If you’ve never read, I highly recommend.”
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