Douglas Coupland
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| Title | : | All Families are Psychotic |
| Author | : | Douglas Coupland |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 288 pages |
| Published | : | September 7th 2002 by Bloomsbury USA (first published September 15th 2001) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Cultural. Canada. Contemporary. Humor. Novels |
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The most disastrous family reunion in the history of fiction.
The Drummond family, reunited for the first time in years, has gathered near Cape Canaveral to watch the launch into space of their beloved daughter and sister, Sarah. Against the Technicolor unreality of Florida's finest tourist attractions, the Drummonds stumble into every illicit activity under the tropical sun-kidnapping, blackmail, gunplay, and black market negotiations, to name a few. But even as the Drummonds' lives spin out of control, Coupland reminds us of their humanity at every turn, hammering out a hilarious masterpiece with the keen eye of a cultural critic and the heart and soul of a gifted storyteller. He tells not only the characters' stories but also the story of our times--thalidomide, AIDS, born-again Christianity, drugs, divorce, the Internet-all bound together with the familiar glue of family love and madness.
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| Original Title: | All Families Are Psychotic |
| ISBN: | 1582342156 (ISBN13: 9781582342153) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 3.67 From 13483 Users | 583 ReviewsComment On Regarding Books All Families are Psychotic
"All Families Are Psychotic" is a farce that explores dysfunctionality in modern families. The story (such that it is, given its farcical quality) is beyond believable; some of its characters include a thalidomide-baby (deprived of one arm) who grows up and becomes an astronaut, a sibling who unknowingly has sex with his step-mother after he meets her in a bar for the first time (and who is shot by his father after said dalliance), four (FOUR!) members of this same family who are HIV+ because ofThe title is the basic thesis; it's expanded to suggest that one only notices this about one's own family; everybody else's family seems sane and normal. THIS REVIEW HAS BEEN CURTAILED IN PROTEST AT GOODREADS' CENSORSHIP POLICYSee the complete review here:http://arbieroo.booklikes.com/post/93...
I love this book not because of the great writing (which it has), or the humour (which it has in spades), or because of the well drawn characters (as vivid as any I've met). No, I love this book because for one brief and shining number of pages, it made my family appear normal. Which it most certainly isn't. Because it's true. All Families Are Psychotic!
I highly enjoyed this book. I've become a big fan of Couplands, and so far have not been disappointed by any of his books.
"It was three in the morning and I was walking along the Seine, just beside Notre Dame cathedral with Donny MacDonald, and he was singing songs from Carousel to me I felt as though my heart would burst! And then there was this chill wind so cool that I developed goose bumps even though the evening was hot and sultry. I had this premonition that my youth and carefree times were about to end and it filled me with sadness and resignation I mean, I'd only just begun to feel like a newly minted
Despite its rather rambling plot, I actually have a soft spot for All Families are Psychotic. It has something to do with the zaniness of the characters being so realistic. And the ending always chokes me up.As the title implies, the book's about family and the tribulations one's family undergoes as the wheel turns and one generation supplants another. Yet it's also about all the motifs surrounding family: growing up, maturity, dealing with mortality, and realizing how screwed up the world
At first I thought it was not going to be a wise decision to pick this book up right after I finished Crime and Punishment. I was right. I was annoyed. How could I possibly read witty banter when Lizaveta was killed with an ax? How about reading slap-sticky fight scenes between a father and son when dear Rodya was living the hard-labor life in Siberia? Thats not even to mention how absurdly over-the-top the entire family and all of the peripheral characters were. An eccentric billionaire
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