'Like a wittier The West Wing' THE OBSERVER 'A phenomenally enjoyable funny novel' SIMON MAYO, BBC RADIO 5 LIVE 'The first satirical anything that's made me laugh out loud' LUCY MANGAN
One of America's most hilarious novelists and bestselling author of Thank You For Smoking returns with a biting comedy about generational warfare, political shenanigans and the power of PR spin.Cassandra Devine, a charismatic 29-year-old blogger and member of Generation Whatever, is outraged over the excesses of the Baby Boomer generation and their negligent handling of the mounting Social Security debt.When she politely suggests that Baby Boomers be given government incentives to kill themselves by the age of seventy-five, it catches the imagination of millions of outraged citizens, including an ambitious senator who sees this as his ticket to becoming President.With the help of Washington's greatest spin doctor, the blogger and the politician try to ride the issue of euthanasia for Boomers all the way to the White House, over the objections of the Religious Right and, of course, the Boomers themselves, who are deeply offended by demonstrations on the golf courses of their retirement resorts...
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Cassandra Devine, a blogger and member of Generation Whatever, is outraged over the excesses of the Baby Boomer generation and their negligent handling of the Social Security debt. When she suggests that Baby Boomers be given government incentives to kill themselves by the age of 75, it catches the imagination of millions of outraged citizens.
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Product details
ISBN
9780749079550
Published
2008-05-26
Publisher
Allison & Busby
Height
198 mm
Width
129 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
336
Author