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The Gum Thief Special Edition [Special Edition] (Hardcover)

by Douglas Coupland (Author)
3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
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  • Hardcover
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; Special edition edition (8 Oct 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0747594481
  • ISBN-13: 978-0747594482
  • Product Dimensions: 23 x 14.8 x 4.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 561,104 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'Coupland is possibly the most gifted exegete of North American mass culture writing today' Guardian Praise for JPOD: 'A dazzling comic novel, confirming that there is on current form no finer novelist writing in English' Literary Review 'There is brilliance at work in JPod. Not to mention more LOLs than you could shake a bong at. Mom must be so proud.' LA Times 'An extraordinary book, wide-ranging and wildly inventive' London Review of Books

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Funny; genuinely, embarrass-yourself-on-a-plane funny. The Gum Thief sometimes reads like a more cleverly executed version of Breakfast of Champions. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Familiar tone of voice, familiar post-modern observations, 30 Oct 2007
This review is from: The Gum Thief (Paperback)
Coupland's voice is instantly recognisable and he has a set of themes he has made is own. And The Gum Thief is representative of both. He doesn't extends his range (as he did in Eleanor Rigby and Hey Nostradamus!) but neither does he rehash earlier successes (J-Pod). There are many beautiful observations here, and moments of genuine warmth. There are also moments of indulgence, issues in pacing, a wearying sense of deja vu and ultimately, the whole doesn't really add up to very much. If you like Coupland, you will still like him at the end of The Gum Thief, but I can't help feeling this is a novel written between other, hopefully more ambitious projects.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A gentle tale of social dislocation, 1 Aug 2009
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This book presents a snapshot into the lives of different people who all work together - it is perhaps the only thing they have in common. However, gradually, they develop some ties with each other, but because of the dislocation generated by the socio-economic conditions in which they live, the friendships they develop don't really feel tangible. I felt that this was the real strength of the book, that it could evoke a sense of dislocation and detachment. This is a well-written, compassionate and gentle tale.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars A disappointment, 10 Dec 2007
This review is from: The Gum Thief (Paperback)
I'd rate Eleanor Rigby and, especially, Hey Nostradamus! as being among the best novels I've read in the past few years - novels which use an elliptical style and apparently disconnected narrative threads to communicate something of the reality of this, our relativist, incoherent but fascinating culture. This one, however, is weak: unrealised characters who 'live' existences now too reminiscent of other Coupland creations; a meandering and at times very slow, eventless plot; and a punchless ending.

I like the guy's best work enormously, but I'm hoping the next one's a lot better.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A good fun romp through Doug's brain
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5.0 out of 5 stars Quietly wonderful
I've just finished this book, and there are a million thoughts going round my head. It's a bit like being on a platform at a train station when the 9. Read more
Published 3 months ago by L. Hennessy

4.0 out of 5 stars A return to form for Coupland
I've read and enjoyed everything Coupland has written, right up to 2006's "jPod". This was massively disappointing - it seemed as if everything I'd loved about his previous works... Read more
Published 7 months ago by S. P. Long

3.0 out of 5 stars Coupland being Coupland
I really struggled on what star rating to give this book. If I could I would've given it an extra half star. Read more
Published 9 months ago by N. E. Mathers

2.0 out of 5 stars Falling between two stools...
Not being a fan of Coupland, I'm not infected by any idea of how high on the Coupland league this would rate. Viewed in isolation, this seems to be a middling effort. Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars Decent Coupland, but not exceptional
Decent Coupland but not exceptional, which is to say that it's still pretty good by anyone else's standards. Read more
Published 14 months ago by M. G. Wilson

3.0 out of 5 stars it passes the time
I'm a big fan of dc, ever since he turned my head with generation x. this book is not up to that or any of his great books standards but it is an interesting read all the same... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Thomas Moore

5.0 out of 5 stars Kiss my face. This is a great read.
Ignore all the doommongers and beardstrokers. 'Its not as good as this, its not as long as that, it does quite smell like the last one'. Yadda, Yadda, Yadda. Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars Live to work - no ... work to live.
Coupland is back writing about normal people with mind-numbing jobs - this time at a stationery superstore. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Annabel Gaskell

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