All Families are Psychotic

All Families are Psychotic

by Douglas Coupland (Author)

Synopsis

Janet is an elegant American woman in her sixties whose daughter, Sarah, is the star of the latest Nasa shuttle mission. Janet has three children in all: Sarah, Wade, and Bryan; and a greying ex-husband, Ted. At least, that's the family at a glance; a healthy example of the all-American average. But look again and you'll find that Janet, Wade and Julie all have AIDS; that Bryan is a suicidal manic-depressive whose girlfriend is pregnant, and that Wade isn't keen to talk to his father after Ted shot him in the stomach a while back. Well, Wade had picked up Ted's mistress in a bar, after all...Needless to say, nobody's looking forward to getting together to see Sarah off into space at her special farewell banquet...

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
Edition: First Printing
Publisher: Flamingo
Published: 03 Sep 2001

ISBN 10: 0007117515
ISBN 13: 9780007117512

Media Reviews
'Douglas Coupland is one of the freshest, most exciting voices of the novel He has a wonderful talent' tom wolfe 'Coupland has passion and pace, intelligence and wit. If you find anything about the way we live now disturbing and wrong, he is your man. (He is my man.)' Daily Telegraph 'Coupland at his best can make a single phrase say more than many another writer's whole novel.' jenny turner, London Review of Books
Author Bio
douglas coupland is one of the most far-sighted and observant writers of our time. Inventor of many a catchphrase and memorable descriptive epithet, his books are cults that millions have read. Among his previous books are Generation X and Girlfriend in a Coma.