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Generation A
- Narrated by: Anthony Barclay, Christopher Simpson, Drew Marquardt, Katie Burnett, Paddy Wallace, Sez Niederer
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
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Summary
In the near future, bees are extinct - until five unconnected individuals, in different parts of the world, are stung. Immediately snatched up by ominous figures in hazmat suits, interrogated separately in neutral Ikea-like chambers, and then released as 15-minute-celebrities into a world driven almost entirely by the internet, these five unforgettable people endure a barrage of unusual and highly 21st-century circumstances. A charismatic scientist with dubious motives eventually brings the quintet together, and their shared experience unites them in a way they could never have imagined.
Generation A mirrors the structure of 1991's Generation X as it champions the act of reading and storytelling as one of the few defences we still have against the constant bombardment of the senses in a digital world. Like much of Coupland's writing, it occupies the perplexing hinterland between optimism about the future and every day, apocalyptic paranoia. It is his most ambitious and entertaining novel to date.
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- 11-05-22
Classic Coupland Brilliance
a clever dark satire on society, individualism & our relationship with the planet. I loved the book & I liked that it was narrated by multiple people
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- Greysnowogre
- 19-02-22
Self indulgent and inconclusive
This was a slog to finish despite great performances by the cast. The story in a story concept was gimmicky, prevented flow and Jeff to a hasty and unsatisfying end to the story. Not Coupland's best work.
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