Status
Available
Call number
Collection
Publication
Random House Canada (2011), 144 pages
Description
Seven pants-peeingly funny stories featuring seven evil characters you can't help but love: Douglas Coupland's stories are illustrated with dark charm by Graham Roumieu in a collaboration that brings together two of Canada's wittiest creators for the first time. Put your therapist on speed dial and read them with pleasure. A cast of unlovable miscreants who unleash their dark, unruly and antisocial desires on every page: They are Donald, the Incredibly Hostile Juice Box; Kevin, the Hobo Minivan with Extremely Low Morals; Brandon, the Action Figure with Issues; Sandra, the Truly Dreadful Babysitter; Hans, the Weird Exchange Student;Cindy, the Terrible Role Model; and Mr. Fraser, the Undead Substitute Teacher. A lot of laughs-of the evil, twisted kind: Definitely inappropriate for young people.… (more)
User reviews
LibraryThing member mountie9
The Good Stuff
Won't lie this book is way to cool and intelligent for me
Truly unique
Odd and disturbing yet snort out loud funny at times
Illustrations too are one or a kind
Have a feeling this will be loved by some, truly hated by others and for simple girls like me just meh and way over my head
Wonderfully imaginative- this is a man you never have to worry about being predictable
Dialogue of the characters is odd yet refreshingly honest
The zombie substitute teacher story was seriously funny
The Not So Good Stuff
Expected so much better
Very small book for such a steep price - I know quality vs quantity but maybe it's just me
Sorry Coupland - just could not get into this -- don't worry its me not you -- I am more a simple in your face girl
Favorite Quotes/Passages
"The library front desk let him use the bathroom in exchange for guarding the property from grafitti taggers."
"Don't throw math in my face. I hate math. It's hard, it's stupid, and it;s nature's way of separating spinsters from women who end of breeding."
"More than once, in desperation, he tried luring senior citizens inside, but when he started his shakedown, they sounded like snapping pretzels, which creeped him out. And all they left behind were coupons, dentures and half-used packets of Sanka."
Who Should/Shouldn't Read
only for those who enjoy the obscure and unique
you want something completely different, this one is for you
3 Dewey's
I received this from Random House in exchange for an honest review - sorry guys just not my thing I guess
Won't lie this book is way to cool and intelligent for me
Truly unique
Odd and disturbing yet snort out loud funny at times
Illustrations too are one or a kind
Have a feeling this will be loved by some, truly hated by others and for simple girls like me just meh and way over my head
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Truly in the spirit of Grimm's Fairy TalesWonderfully imaginative- this is a man you never have to worry about being predictable
Dialogue of the characters is odd yet refreshingly honest
The zombie substitute teacher story was seriously funny
The Not So Good Stuff
Expected so much better
Very small book for such a steep price - I know quality vs quantity but maybe it's just me
Sorry Coupland - just could not get into this -- don't worry its me not you -- I am more a simple in your face girl
Favorite Quotes/Passages
"The library front desk let him use the bathroom in exchange for guarding the property from grafitti taggers."
"Don't throw math in my face. I hate math. It's hard, it's stupid, and it;s nature's way of separating spinsters from women who end of breeding."
"More than once, in desperation, he tried luring senior citizens inside, but when he started his shakedown, they sounded like snapping pretzels, which creeped him out. And all they left behind were coupons, dentures and half-used packets of Sanka."
Who Should/Shouldn't Read
only for those who enjoy the obscure and unique
you want something completely different, this one is for you
3 Dewey's
I received this from Random House in exchange for an honest review - sorry guys just not my thing I guess
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LibraryThing member mahallett
dumb. not funny.
LibraryThing member c_why
Doug Coupland, I love your books, but there are no words to describe this. It is an abomination. I can't connect with it on any level. It is stupid, pointless, witless, totally unimaginative. Not "scary", yah gross -- as in stuff scribbled in a nine year old's notebook. Your illustrator was equal
Doug - have you got severe early onset dementia? This is worse than watching Whitney Huston kill herself. I'm in mourning for you, Mr. Coupland.
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to the task [see adjectives above]. I just can't believe this could get published, ANYONE would put their name to it, buy it, or waste time reading it. I borrowed a library copy [my tax dollars purchased] & got through it in a growing state of disbelief.Doug - have you got severe early onset dementia? This is worse than watching Whitney Huston kill herself. I'm in mourning for you, Mr. Coupland.
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LibraryThing member AngelaLaughing
I absolutely detested this book (maybe that's the point?) I always read everything Doug Coupland publishes but not because I admire his work. Ever since Life After God, I feel some kind of connection to this author, some responsibility to him. It's as if Coupland is a family member with which I
I would never ever ever recommend this book and I can't even imagine who would like it. It's not particularly imaginative and the illustrations are just creepy. If it was, at the very least, funny, I could forgive all that. But it's not funny--it's just inane. It's even worse that Player One and All Families are Psychotic--and that's really saying something. Are Coupland's publishers afraid of him or something? Why don't they just say "no!" to his worst ideas?
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have had a severe falling out. And, despite the fact that almost everything he says makes me angry, I am compelled to read it because I still, deep deep down, care about him.I would never ever ever recommend this book and I can't even imagine who would like it. It's not particularly imaginative and the illustrations are just creepy. If it was, at the very least, funny, I could forgive all that. But it's not funny--it's just inane. It's even worse that Player One and All Families are Psychotic--and that's really saying something. Are Coupland's publishers afraid of him or something? Why don't they just say "no!" to his worst ideas?
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Original language
English
Original publication date
2011-11-01
Physical description
131 p.; 5.7 inches
ISBN
0307360660 / 9780307360663