Boomsday (Audio)
ISBN:
9781607883197 (1607883198)
Publish date: September 1st 2009
Publisher: Twelve
Edition language: English
Listened to this on audio absolutely hysterically funny. Not for the feint of heart however, it's very dark and twisted. The book is about a radical idea to let seniors kill themselves in order to save Social Security. Yes, I told you it was very dark and twisted.
I wanted to give this book 4 stars. It made me laugh and had a great weird tangential vibe, with a nice solid build-up that led to... nothing. The story revolves around Cass and her big ideas for social security reform, and then all the events that I thought were leading to a flashy finale ended in...
Not as good as some of his previous books but still some funny bits.
The British newspapers the last few days have been full of dire figures about our national balance sheet. Officially, Britain owes £903B, which already doesn't sound good. But, if you take into account the fact that a large proportion of Britain's pension obligations aren't funded, the number goes u...
Very funny and fluffy. It's a fantastic idea and still extremely relevant and well-executed, but I think 'Boomsday' could have had a little more bite to it.To this book's endless credit, however, is how Buckley is the only one who's approached this problem creatively at all instead of ignoring it an...
16 years ago
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