J-Pod | Douglas Coupland
I like a good Coupland read, having enjoyed “Miss Wyoming” and “All Families Are Psychotic” as well as the obligatory “Generation X” in the the past. “J-Pod” had been on my To Read list for some time and while it was one that I have and will recommend to others, it’s not a must read.
The workplace references made me laugh and cringe at the same time, being all a little close to home at times. Coupland was perhaps just a little too self-indulgent featuring himself in his own novel and devoting a good chunk of the book to the almost predictable page fillers of spam, brand names, prime numbers etc. Math junkies should buy the book for the 41 pages devoted to decimals of pi – as for me, I’m glad I borrowed it from the library!