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**AD-TEAM** · 09-12-2024, 08:13 AM

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Quote:Douglas Coupland takes his sparkling literary talent in a new direction with this crackling collection of takes on life and death in North America -- from his sweeping portrait of Grateful Dead culture to the deaths of Kurt Cobain, Marilyn Monroe and the middle class. For years, Coupland's razor-sharp insights into what it means to be human in an age of technology have garnered the highest praise from fans and critics alike. At last, Coupland has assembled a wide variety of stories and personal "postcards" about pivotal people and places that have defined our modern lives. Polaroids from the Dead is a skillful combination of stories, fact and fiction -- keen outtakes on life in the late 20th century, exploring the recent past and a society obsessed with celebrity, crime and death. Princess Diana, Nicole Brown Simpson and Madonna are but some of the people scrutinized.

Category:Literature, Music, Film & Performing Arts, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Essays, Rock & Roll, Music - General & Miscellaneous, Traditional/Roots Rock, General & Miscellaneous Essays, Music - Social and Political Aspects, Rock & Roll - General & Miscellaneous, Traditional Rock - General & Miscellaneous, Folk/Country/Southern Rock, Grateful Dead (Musical group)

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