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Life After God - Paul Coupland

 

Description: ISBN 0671874349 / Author: Paul Coupland / Genre: Fiction

Newest Review: ... and unpleasant. ‘Life After God’ is a collection of short stories that follow a man through different times in his life – ... more

 ... not in a straight narrative. What links most of the stories together his the man’s own sense of none belonging. We know that he is recently divorced and that some years earlier his sister disappeared. The rest of the book is a reflection on his past and how the people he once knew as radicals have all become mundane – welcome to the real world pal! After the wild success of ‘Generation X’, a book that coined a term that encapsulated the youth of the late 80s/early 90s, Douglas Coupland must have been under great ...more

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Crowned Review Life After God - Paul Coupland: Life After Cod Psychology (820 words)
by samueltyler - written on 02.11.07 (Very useful, 119 readings)
Rating:

Cod psychology is not the musings of fishermen about the current fish stocks, but the way I describe some of the supposed touchy feely psychology you see on TV, especially during the day. Without a certificate between them the likes of Trisha, Jeremy Kyle and Jon Gaunt will tell countless gullible humans exactly what they should do. None of these compare to their US counterparts, especially the psychiatrists found on ‘Oprah’. It was here that Dr Phil was discovered; he has since gone on to have his own show. His ability to wrap common sense into the most tepid and long winded explanations is what makes him an infamous legend e.g. life is like an orange that contains ...

 

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