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Girlfriend in a Coma

By Douglas Coupland

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| Paperback | 9780006551270

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On a snowy Saturday night in 1979, after making love for the first time, high school senior Karen Ann McNeil confides the dark visions she's been suffering to her boyfriend, Richard. Only a few hours later she descends into a coma. Nine months after that, she gives birth to a daughter, Megan, her chContinue

On a snowy Saturday night in 1979, after making love for the first time, high school senior Karen Ann McNeil confides the dark visions she's been suffering to her boyfriend, Richard. Only a few hours later she descends into a coma. Nine months after that, she gives birth to a daughter, Megan, her child by Richard.

Karen remains comatose for the next 18 years. Richard and her circle of friends reside in an emotional purgatory throughout the next two decades, passing through careers as models, film special-effects technicians, doctors and demolition experts before finally being reunited while working on a conspiracy-driven supernatural series.

Upon Karen's reawakening, life grows as surreal as the television show. Strange, apocalyptic events begin to occur. Later, amid the world's rubble, Karen, Richard and their friends attempt to restore their own humanity.

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  • I know it's serious

    When I first reviewed this book in hardback, I held off on some of the plot's details: it was pretty much the first time a Coupland book had had a plot, after all (Microserfs might have had one for all I know, but no one I know has ever managed to ge ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Sun, 26 Sep 2010

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    Terrific concept, derived from a song that is total genious. The build-up is great too. Besides, climax and resolution are disproportioned and lazy as often Coupland is when it comes to finale. Still, I loved the novel, the way it depicts the '80s and '90s is amazing and absorbing!

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