Douglas Coupland: The Gum Thief: A Novel

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Rated 4 stars

“(Reprinted from the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography [cclapcenter.com]. I am the original author of this essay, as well as the owner of CCLaP; it is not being reprinted here illegally.)

Like many writers of critical reviews, I too sometimes think about the idea of one day penning an entire book-long series of essays about a particular artist -- and of all the artists in history that now exist, the one I'm perhaps most qualified at this point to write an entire critical...”

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Rated 2 stars

“I really thought I would love this book. I count Coupland as one of my favorite writers. I started to think that in my 20's, I probably would have liked this book. But now it's not so cool to think life sucks, it's just depressing. I realize that's what the book is mainly saying, but it didn't *resonate~* with me like it might have when I was younger. A disappointment.”