Psychotic inertia available for download and read online in other formats. Buy all families are psychotic 1 by coupland, douglas isbn. The drummond family at the center of couplands new novel resembles a months worth of soap opera plots. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. All families are psychotic by douglas coupland waterstones. I happened to start reading all families are psychotic right as the holiday season was starting. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 288 pages and is available in paperback format. The novel is the tale of the drummond family from vancouver gathering together to watch sarah drummonds rocket blast off at the kennedy center.
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I have no idea what coupland was hoping to convey in this tumbling, bizarre narrative of family life gone crazy, but its as if he latched onto the word psychotic and never let go. Douglas coupland, quote from all families are psychotic. All families are psychotic douglas coupland by john smith. And the idea of that was ultimately funnier than the execution. All families are psychotic book summary and study guide. The main characters of this fiction, cultural story are. The first edition of the novel was published in 1994, and was written by douglas coupland. Sep 18, 2001 all families are psychotic by douglas coupland. The most disastrous family reunion in the history of fiction.
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All families are psychotic book by douglas coupland. Everybody has basically the same family its just reconfigured slightly different from one to the next. All families are psychotic by douglas coupland, 2001, bloomsbury, distributed to the trade by st. Trained chiefly to attend to the contents of family fridges and her husbands sock drawer, mature millennium citizen janet finds herself feeling the oldsters equivalent of dazed and confused, which is sick and tired. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Wade drummond and his mother, janet, both have aids.
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