A review by harvio
The Gum Thief by Douglas Coupland

3.0

- I have read all 10 of Coupland's novels (and his 5 non-fiction works). I'm a big fan of his fresh, contemporary style, generously peppered with pop-culture references and current/recent news events...This is his weakest effort however, and suffers from an attempt to plausibly integrate a story-within-a-story (one of the characters is writing a bland, parlour-room, period-style story that, in the end, seemed sadly saw-dusty and...well, just filler, actually)
- the pop-culture references were sharp and very insightful, but this wasn't enough to carry the bulk of the story line
- I will try him again though