All Families are Psychotic

All Families are Psychotic

by Douglas Coupland (Author)

Synopsis

On the eve of the next Space Shuttle mission, a divided family comes together... Warm, witty and wise, All Families Are Psychotic is Coupland at the very top of his form: `Irresistibly hilarious, unique and wonderful' Independent on Sunday

In a cheap motel an hour from Cape Canaveral, Janet Drummond takes her medication, and does a rapid tally of the whereabouts of her children. Wade has spent the night in jail; suicidal Bryan is due to arrive at any moment with his vowel-free girlfriend, Shw; and then there is Sarah, `a bolt of lightning frozen in midflash' - here in Orlando to be the star of Friday's shuttle mission. With Janet's ex-husband and his trophy wife also in town, Janet spends a moment contemplating her family, and where it all went wrong. Or did it?

$3.35

Save:$4.39 (57%)

Quantity

1 in stock

More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: Flamingo
Published: 01 Jul 2002

ISBN 10: 0007151705
ISBN 13: 9780007151707

Media Reviews

`Heartbreakingly bitter-sweet...This book will make you want to phone your own psychotic family and tell them how much you love them.' Daily Telegraph

`Miraculous... has you laughing, thinking and crying all at once.' Evening Standard

`As funny as The Simpsons... The dialogue fizzes and snarls with brilliant one-liners. By the end of this energetic yet philosophical novel you will be cheering on its hapless rabble of outcasts, for Coupland's coup de theatre is to entice you to suffer this family as if it were your own.' The Times

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