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Douglas Coupland - Eleanor Rigby

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  • 30-09-2004 12:11am
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    eske
    Registered Users Posts: 115 ✭✭


    Just wondering if anyone else has read this and has any opinions? I used to be a huge fan - loved genX, life after god and microserfs but I'd tuned out a bit after being disappointed by the last few books. But I breezed through this and really liked it. Not the most facinating plot ( 40 something women reunited with kid she gave up for adoption ), but his observations on life are excellent. Some wonderful prose.


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    Sleepy
    Registered Users Posts: 24,172 ✭✭✭✭Sleepy


    I haven't read it yet but it's on the next to buy list. Personally i loved his later stuff, Shampoo Planet and Miss Wyoming were both good books and Girlfriend in a Coma rates as an all time favourite. I thought if anything, his books hav gotten better as he's matured as a writer. What disappointed you about them?


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    vibrant
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    I enjoyed it immensely - I feel like he hit a low point with "Miss Wyoming" but the books released since then have been incredible.


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    coupland
    Registered Users Posts: 76 ✭✭coupland


    If you haven't read Hey Nostradamus! , please do.... wonderful...


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    eclectichoney
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,291 ✭✭✭eclectichoney


    yeah hey nostradamus rocked... liked eleanor rigby a lot too but they ending was a bit meh for me... still he throws in some bloody awesome paragraphs sometimes....


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    technobob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 255 ✭✭technobob


    anyone else find that coupland has a habit of writing a amazing book every second one?as one of my all time favourite authors i do love him and am quite biased towards him, but i do feel disappointed by him every second book, even before i read eleanor rigby i had a feeling it wasn't going to be one of his best :confused:


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    Walter_Sobcek
    Closed Accounts Posts: 51 ✭✭Walter_Sobcek


    Yea - a bit like Star Trek movies.
    Hey Nostradamos was fantastic but never got into Eleanor Rigby


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    vibrant
    Registered Users Posts: 826 ✭✭✭vibrant


    Apparently he's writing a "Microserfs" sequel at the moment! Happy days...


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    Anton17
    Closed Accounts Posts: 265 ✭✭Anton17


    I seem to like the books other people consider to be his worst, shampoo planet and miss wyoming are my favourites. I did'nt enjoy Hey Nostrodamus much at all. I still prefer Bret Easton Elllis and Jay McInerney.


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