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Generation A

By: Douglas Coupland
Narrated by: Anthony Barclay, Christopher Simpson, Drew Marquardt, Katie Burnett, Paddy Wallace, Sez Niederer
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In the near future, bees are extinct - until five unconnected individuals, in different parts of the world, are stung. Immediately snatched up by ominous figures in hazmat suits, interrogated separately in neutral Ikea-like chambers, and then released as 15-minute-celebrities into a world driven almost entirely by the internet, these five unforgettable people endure a barrage of unusual and highly 21st-century circumstances. A charismatic scientist with dubious motives eventually brings the quintet together, and their shared experience unites them in a way they could never have imagined.

Generation A mirrors the structure of 1991's Generation X as it champions the act of reading and storytelling as one of the few defences we still have against the constant bombardment of the senses in a digital world. Like much of Coupland's writing, it occupies the perplexing hinterland between optimism about the future and every day, apocalyptic paranoia. It is his most ambitious and entertaining novel to date.

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The characters were spot on. very well spoken, and just a great story. love all his books to be fair, but this was the first audiobook I'd ever bought of his and it did not disappoint.

great listening - great readers - always great author

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