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I too prefer the older stuff. Gen X and Microserfs, for me, had interesting central ideas, and well observed stuff about people. Life After God was compelling. Shampoo Planet was dissapointing, but Miss Wyoming was well written, even if no plot resolution.
I heard Coupland speak in London last year, at the launch of All Families, and what interested me about him there was three things. One, the protaganist in the book is entirely based on his mother, Janet. Does that make it fiction, or not? Two, he is truly obsessed with observing the modern world, possibly at the cost of plot. Three, he's also a relatively well respected artist in Canada, and I get the impression that he sees his work as somewhere on the art/writing continuum.
Have to admit I too was dissappointed when I saw what his new book is about. But I sense that he sees himself as a professional Canadian.
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