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  • Published: 3 November 2011
  • ISBN: 9781446473245
  • Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 192

Highly Inappropriate Tales for Young People



A dark, funny and satirical collection of fairy tales from the bestselling author of Jpod, Generation X and Generation A

Seven pants-peeingly funny stories featuring seven evil characters you can't help but love: Douglas Coupland's stories are illustrated with dark charm by Graham Roumieu in a collaboration that brings together two of Canada's wittiest creators for the first time. Put your therapist on speed dial and read them with pleasure.

A cast of unlovable miscreants who unleash their dark, unruly and antisocial desires on every page: They are Donald, the Incredibly Hostile Juice Box; Kevin, the Hobo Minivan with Extremely Low Morals; Brandon, the Action Figure with Issues; Sandra, the Truly Dreadful Babysitter; Hans, the Weird Exchange Student;Cindy, the Terrible Role Model; and Mr. Fraser, the Undead Substitute Teacher.

A lot of laughs-of the evil, twisted kind: Definitely inappropriate for young people.

  • Published: 3 November 2011
  • ISBN: 9781446473245
  • Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 192

About the authors

Douglas Coupland

Douglas Coupland (pronounced KOHP-lend) (born 30 December 1961) is a Canadian writer, designer and visual artist. His first novel was the 1991 international bestseller Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture. Since then, Coupland has written twelve more novels, which have been published in most languages. He has written and performed for the Royal Shakespeare Company and is a columnist for the Financial Times. He is a frequent contributor to the New York Times, e-flux, Dis and Vice. In 2000, after a decade of generating web graphics, Coupland amplified his visual art production and has recently had two separate museum retrospectives: 'Everywhere Is Anywhere Is Anything Is Everything' at the Royal Vancouver Art Gallery, the Royal Ontario Museum and the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art; and 'Bit Rot' at the Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art in Rotterdam and Villa Stuck in Munich. In 2015 and 2016, Coupland was an artist-in-residence in the Paris Google Cultural Institute.

Graham Roumieu

Douglas Coupland. Born on a Canadian NATO base in Germany, Coupland is the author of such bestsellers as Generation A, JPod and eleven other novels, along with non-fiction works including a recent short biography of Marshall McLuhan. His work has been translated into thirty-five languages and published in most countries around the world. He is also a visual artist, sculptor, furniture and fashion designer, and screenwriter.

Graham Roumieu. The creator of the faux Bigfoot autobiographies In MeOwn Words, Me Write Book and I NotDead, Roumieu is also the author of some non-Bigfoot-related books such as Cat & Gnome and 101 Ways to KillYour Boss. Since he started work in 2001, his illustrations have appeared in the New York Times, the Atlantic, the Guardian, Men's Health, regularly in the Globe and Mail, and many other places.

www.coupland.com
www.roumieu.com