by Douglas Coupland · Bloomsbury Publishing Plc · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780747589150
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«JPod» is Douglas Coupland's satirical novel, published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc in paperback (576 pages, in English).
Ethan Jarlewski and five colleagues work at a large video game design company in Vancouver, confined to a space called JPod. They endure absurd marketing demands while their lives are invaded by marijuana crops, human trafficking, global piracy and the rise of China. A satire on grey morality and geek culture.
English-language copy of Bloomsbury's Export Ed edition, published on 1 May 2007. The book was nominated for the Scotiabank Giller Prize in 2006.
For readers of contemporary fiction and satire, especially those who follow Douglas Coupland's work and geek culture.
Douglas Coupland is a Canadian visual artist and writer. Trained originally as a sculptor, Coupland found unexpected success as a novelist with the publication of his 1991 international bestseller Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture, which popularized the terms Generation X and McJob. He has since gone on to publish dozens of books, including novels, short story collections, and essay collections. He has also worked as a columnist and contributor for a number of periodicals, including the New York Times, the Financial Times, the Guardian, and Wired Magazine.
