Gum+Thief

The Gum Thief Douglas Coupland BY: Jenn Schad and Dovi Henry The Gum Thief is a story written by Douglas Coupland, the guy behind Souvenir of Canada and Souvenir of Canada 2. The story is a portrayed in a very unique manner- through a long series of notes passed between the characters. The Gum Thief revolves around the lives of Bethany and Roger and their bizarre note-based relationship. Bethany is a 24-year-old goth girl whose life is steeped in death and loss. Roger is a burnt out middle aged man who is essentially a failure. We enjoyed this book very much. We were especially interested in a few specific aspects, such as the presentation of the story- we thought the note passing concept was very cool and the writing is very clean and easy to read. This book features fairly profound, yet easily digested study of the human condition which we appreciated- this book acts as a catalyst for good discussion. We also liked the many scopes this book shows the world through. It was good to be able to see to the mind of a goth girl, for example. The Gum Thief raises many ubiquitous issues, such as the fear of becoming obsolete, resenting the seeming omniscience of parents, and not wanting to get out of bed in the morning. Everyone would be able to connect to the Gum Thief. This is a very good book.

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