In the following review, Dwyer provides a brief overview of Coupland's life and career and compares the bleak picture of twenty-something life in Generation X with the positive view of the futu...
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Redhill is a Canadian poet and playwright. In the following review, he negatively compares Shampoo Planet to Generation X, stating that "Shampoo Planet is going to make Coupland look like a flu...
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In the following review, Fawcett favorably discusses Coupland's Shampoo Planet, focusing on its literary characteristics and its insight into the Global Teen culture of the 1990s.
The public...
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In the following review, Steinberg exposes Shampoo Planet's “road-novel roots.”
Just a year after the cult success of his Generation X, with its tales of 20-somethings, Couplan...
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In the following review, Dwyer compares the themes and characters of Shampoo Planet to those presented in Generation X.
Ever since he characterized the outlook of his generation as one of “l...
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In the following review, Shone comments on the novel Shampoo Planet, noting Coupland's affinity for cataloging youthful attitudes, hip theories, and witticisms.
An extensive collection of ha...
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Critical Review by Victor Dwyer
