The Gum Thief

Wildly differing perspectives merge beautifully into one cohesive look atloneliness and despair. Yes Coupland is dark and cutting about ourfluorescentlit times ... » 

Wildly differing perspectives merge beautifully into one cohesive look atloneliness and despair. Yes Coupland is dark and cutting about ourfluorescentlit times but theres also a real underlayer of gratitude herefor the hand that can reach down and unite with you in the darkness. A.Karen Valby Entertainment WeeklyDouglas Couplands ingenious novelthinkClerks meets Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf?is the story of anextraordinary epistolary relationship between Roger and Bethany two verydifferent but strangely connected aisles associates at Staples. Watch astheir lives unfold alongside Rogers workinprogress the oddly titled GlovePond A raucous tale of four academics two malfunctioning marriages and onerotten dinner party Rogers opus is a Cheeverstyle novella gone horriblywrong. But as key characters migrate into and out of its pages Glove Pondbecomes an anchor of Rogers unsettledand unsettlinglife.Couplandelectrifies us on every page of this witty wise and unforgettable novel.Love death and eternal friendship can all transpire where we least expectthem...and even after tragedy seems to have wiped your human slate cleanstories can slowly rebuild you. «