Miss Wyoming

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• Generation vexed

  Miss Wyoming Douglas Coupland Flamingo, £9.99, 311pp Buy it at BOL Douglas Coupland espouses the lives of the young and disenfranchised, the crazier the better. His kooky characters struggle to abandon the traditional structures of family, religion a ... (read full critics)

  guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

• Every underdog has his day

  Miss Wyoming Douglas Coupland Flamingo £9.99, pp311 Douglas Coupland writes about people who don't fit in. His slackers and Net nerds are sparky misfits in convenience America, always in search of something, though they may not know exactly what it i ... (read full critics)

  guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

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  Probably the best Douglas Coupland's novel. The concept is pure genius, the parallel paths the protagonists go through are great, since just pure thematic analogy connects them. The climax is perfect: the real antagonist shows up does the only thing she should to to accomplish her criminal plot of c ... (continue)

  Probably the best Douglas Coupland's novel. The concept is pure genius, the parallel paths the protagonists go through are great, since just pure thematic analogy connects them. The climax is perfect: the real antagonist shows up does the only thing she should to to accomplish her criminal plot of completely subduing her daughter. Totally great.

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  Anatole Pierre Fuksas said on Aug 31, 2007 | Add your feedback

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  Probably a little bit too much going on, but anyway a great book. Funny and entertaining but also deep, if you allow it to be.
  Some characters would be worth a stand alone novel.

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  Matteo said on May 10, 2010 | Add your feedback

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  This book was hard to get into at first; but as the story progresses, it completely engages you.

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  Farida said on Jan 26, 2009 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Paperback 320 Pages
• Edition: New Ed
• ISBN-10: 0006552064
• ISBN-13: 9780006552062
• Publisher: Flamingo
• Pub date: Oct 16, 2000
• Dimensions: 1161 mm x 710 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Unbound and Others
• In other languages: other languages Deutsche Bücher, Libri Italiani

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