Hey Nostradamus!

Hey Nostradamus! by Douglas Coupland


ISBN
9780007162512
Published
Released
01 / 06 / 2004
Binding
Paperback
Pages
336
Dimensions
129 x 198 x 17mm

The story of one family piecing itself back together after a tragic high school shooting, 'Hey Nostradamus!' is Douglas Copeland's most soulful, piercing and searching novel yet.

Pregnant and secretly married, Cheryl Anyway scribbles her last will and testament - and eerie 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, a 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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