Jpod (SIGNED)
by Coupland, Douglas
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine, no d/j, signed to label affixed to title; ffep excised.
- ISBN 10
- 0747586772
- ISBN 13
- 9780747586777
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Bloomsbury, 2006. 1st. h/b. Near fine, no d/j, signed to label affixed to title; ffep excised.. 8vo: royal (250 x 170 / 10"" x 6_""). Ethan Jarlewski and five co-workers whose surnames end in 'J' are bureaucratically marooned in JPod. JPod is a no-escape architectural limbo on the fringes of a massive Vancouver game design company. The six workers daily confront the forces that define our era: global piracy, boneheaded marketing staff, people smuggling, the rise of China, marijuana grow-ops, Jeff Probst, and the ashes of the 1990s financial tech dream. JPod's universe is amoral and shameless. The characters are products of their era even as they're creating it. Everybody in Ethan's life inhabits a moral grey zone. Nobody is exempt, not even his seemingly straitlaced parents or Coupland himself. Full of word games, visual jokes and sideways jabs, this book throws a sharp, pointed lawn dart into the heart of contemporary life.
Synopsis
JPod is a novel by Douglas Coupland published by Random House of Canada in 2006. 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'. JPod was adopted as a CBC television series co-written by Douglas Coupland. It premiered on January 8, 2008, and ran until its cancellation on March 7, 2008, leaving the series with a permanent cliffhanger.
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC132893
- Title
- Jpod (SIGNED)
- Author
- Coupland, Douglas
- Format/Binding
- H/b
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine, no d/j, signed to label affixed to title; ffep excised.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0747586772
- ISBN 13
- 9780747586777
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2006
- Pages
- 449
- Size
- 8vo: royal (250 x 170 / 10"" x 6
- Keywords
- 1st, fiction, comedy, Coupland, signed
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- X weight
- 0.86 g
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