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Book Description
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
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guardian.co.uk published on Sun, 26 Sep 2010
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1 person find this helpful
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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- English Books
- Hardcover 256 Pages
- ISBN-10: 0002257548
- ISBN-13: 9780002257541
- Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers Stock Account
- Pub date: Apr 06, 1998
- Also available as: Paperback, Audio Cassette and Others
- In other languages: other languages
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VerdurousGlooms 
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)