Douglas Coupland's first novel. Serves as a good introduction to his style of writing. Other novels in a similar style include Microserfs and JPOD.
John O. (buzzby) -
You can recognize some off-the-beaten-track places in and around Palm Springs that he mentions in the book (alas, they re-landscaped the Braille institute a couple of years ago so that they don't have a cactus garden any more).
