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Set in 2005, the book explores the strange and unconventional everyday life of the main character, ethan jarlewski, and his team of video game programmers whose last names all begin with the letter j. Original title isbn 9780887842801 published on 2010925. He has published thirteen novels, two collections of short. Ethan jarlewski and five coworkers are bureaucratically marooned in jpod, a noescape architectural limbo on the fringes of a massive vancouver video game design company. His first novel, the 1991 international bestseller generation x. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Douglas coupland est ne en 1961 et vit a vancouver. Douglas coupland was born on a nato base in germany in 1961. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 464 pages and is available in paperback format.

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