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In this book coupland, through the minds of four main characters, takes the reader on an amazing path through spirituality, human understanding, great loss, and big turning pointsall while maintaining his gift of beautifully pointing out obviousness in this world that many of us miss. A novel paperback september 7, 2002 by douglas coupland author. The most disastrous family reunion in the history of fi. The drummonds are a group of misfits with a wide array of personal foibles and intricacies. Everybody has basically the same family its just reconfigured slightly different from one to the next. Douglas coupland, quote from all families are psychotic.
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Warm, witty and wise, all families are psychotic is coupland at the very top of his form. I have no idea what coupland was hoping to convey in this tumbling, bizarre narrative of family life gone crazy, but its as if he latched onto the word psychotic and never let go. The drummond family at the center of couplands new novel resembles a month. Coupland ought to be our guide to todays chilled, illed.
Meanwhile, as coupland continues to pile on the action, much of it slapstick, wade, equally clueless brother bryan, and dipsomaniac tedall in need of some quick cash descend on disney world to meet up with one of wades lowlife buddies. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 288 pages and is available in paperback format. All families are psychotic is the seventh novel by douglas coupland, published in 2001. All families are psychotic, book by douglas coupland. Douglas coupland, quote from all families are psychotic this place is like some cosmic dream crusher. All families are psychotic ebook by douglas coupland. This book will make you want to phone your own psychotic family and tell them how much you love them. Pdf all families are psychotic book by douglas coupland. The drummond family, reunited for the first time in years, has gathered near cape canaveral to watch the launch into spa.
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