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I read "Hey Nostradamus" while travelling before Christmas... I thought it was great. I didn't have a problem with the ending at all.
I've also read Miss Wyoming and All Families are Fucked Up (or Phsychotic in some stores).
While I think Coupland has become a much better story teller over the years (Generation X was his first novel) I'm not convinced he is a great writer. He still has time to develop some though.
To me, Coupland is a member of the school of writers that take on our culture and icons with a sharp eye for satire. I'd lump him together with Chuck Palaniuk (Fight Club, Diary), or Brett Easton Ellis (American Psycho) any day.
I am trying to come up with other names I'd add to this "school" but my mind seems to have become quite empty.
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