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The story of one family piecing itself back together after a tragic highschool shooting, Hey Nostradamus! is Douglas Coupland's most soulful, piercing and searching novel yet....more...Pregnant and secretly married, Cheryl Anway scribbles her last will and testament -- and erie premonition -- on a school binder shortly before a rampaging trio of misfit classmates gun her down in a high school cafeteria. Overrun with paranoia, teenage angst and religious zeal in the ensuing massacre's wake, this sleepy Vancouver neighbourhood declares its saints, brands its demons and finally moves on. But for a handful of people still reeling from that horrific day, life remains perpetually derailed. Four dramatically different characters tell their stories in their own words: Cheryl, who calmly narrates her own death; Jason, the boy no one knew was her husband, still marooned ten years later by his loss; Heather, the woman trying to love the shattered Jason; and Jason's father Reg, a cruelly religious man no one suspects is still worth loving. Each wrestles with God, self-defeat and a crippling inability to hold on to those they love. Coupland's most surprising and soulful novel yet, rich with his trademark cultural acuity and dark humour, Hey Nostradamus! ties themes of alienation, violence and misguided faith into a fateful and unforgettable knot from which four people must untangle their lives.
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Poignant Copeland at his best Author's product rating:
Would you listen to it again? Absolutely
Story Outstanding
Characters Outstanding
Listenability Pretty compelling but not addictive
How does it compare to similar audio books? Very good
How does it compare to audio works by the same author? Very good
Advantages: It makes you think
Disadvantages: It makes you think !
Recommend to potential buyers: yes
This is Douglas Copland at his most thoughtful.
Telling the story through several characters perspectives, Copeland leads us through a narrative that is touching, hopeful, bleak, inspiring and very, very human. His families are, as usual, dysfunctional. His storylines are unexpected and coincidental. But none of this makes it any less easy to identify with each of the characters in turn and engage with a brilliantly original novel.
Douglas Copeland doesn't end his
books in Jane Austin style, with all the loose ends tied up - he leaves them flapping in the wind. I finished this book wanting desperately to know what happens yet. In the absence of that, I went out and bought the whole back catalogue of his work – and then re-read Hey Nostradamus!
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