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BoomsdayChristopher Buckley

Boomsday

2007336 pages
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Outraged over the mounting Social Security debt, Cassandra Devine, a charismatic 29-year-old blogger and member of Generation Whatever, incites massive cultural warfare when she politely suggests that Baby Boomers be given government incentives to kill themselves by age 75. Her modest proposal catches fire with millions of citizens, chief among them "an ambitious senator seeking the presidency." With the help of Washington's greatest spin doctor, the blogger and the politician try to ride the issue of euthanasia for Boomers (called "transitioning") all the way to the White House,over the…

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8 editions
  • Paperback · English · 2008
    Twelve · 336 pages · 9780446697972
  • Audiobook · English · 2008
    Twelve · 9781600242151
  • Audiobook · English · 2007
    Twelve · 9781594838880
  • Ebook · English · 2007
    Grand Central Publishing · 9780446194914
  • Audiobook · English · 2007
    Twelve · 9781600240027
  • Other · English · 2007
    Allison & Busby · 318 pages · 9780749080037
Baby boom generation in fictionBaby boom generationFictionDramaFiction, humorousNew York Times reviewedFiction, humorous, general