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Douglas coupland is a novelist who also works in visual arts and theater. The website of canadian author and artist douglas coupland. Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Its wonderfully sustaining, despite the very humdrum setting of a staples superstore in small town america. The gum thief has the elements i like best about microserfs and generation x. And the story within a story rogers magnum horriblis glove pond is as ingenious as it is enthralling. In 2007, coupland wrote the movie script for everythings gone green, a comedy about capitalism gone bad.
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