The Gum Thief by Douglas Coupland
A quirky, bittersweet mosaic of interconnected voices in which two bookstore employees begin exchanging confessional notes and form an unlikely friendship that exposes their private loneliness, pop-culture obsessions, and messy personal histories. Interleaved with their correspondence is an offbeat serialized manuscript they create together, blurring fiction and reality and amplifying the novel’s dark humor and melancholy. The result is an intimate, witty exploration of human longing, the small rituals of everyday life, and the ways people reach for connection.
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- Published
- 2007
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- Canadian
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- Original Language
- English
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