tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21098869.post115135658205114185..comments2024-03-29T06:59:04.369+00:00Comments on Alan in Belfast: JPod - Am I a refugee from a Douglas Coupland novel?Alan in Belfast (Alan Meban)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04647690758839987063noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21098869.post-1153430984281760032006-07-20T22:29:00.000+01:002006-07-20T22:29:00.000+01:00Critics have been relatively cool to this novel. S...Critics have been relatively cool to this novel. Some see it as a crass, self-indulgent attempt to reach a younger audience. As for the quirky elements (40 pages of Pi) - I find that no different than artists like Wilco putting in four minutes of white noise on an album. <BR/><BR/>That said, JPod is not a 'big theme' book. It's a breezy, summer-reading type of book that I'm assuming most people who work in the JPod environment can at least partially identify with. That said, there is a bit of sadness in the book in that you get a view of the emptiness in the lives of most of the characters. The main character works 16-hour days, moreso because he has little to nothing else going on in his life, not because of job dedication.TransformerGeekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02236179658954339555noreply@blogger.com