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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Strange, but funny. (  ) tag100 | Sep 13, 2009 |  Another enjoyable Christopher Buckley political farce, this time about the conflict between aging baby boomers and the younger generations that will have to pay for their retirements. This isn't as good as Buckley's "Thank You for Smoking", to which this book alludes, but, if you enjoyed "Florence of Arabia" and "No Way to Treat a First Lady", as I did, you will likely enjoy this book, although it would have benefited from more editing. The last few chapters, which follow a two-month hiatus, read more like a summary than the lively story earlier in the book. (  ) espertus | May 31, 2009 | Boomsday was pretty wonderful. it was ridiculous in the right places, and believable in the right places, and just a great book. it really was like reading a modern A Modest Proposal. (  ) atlargeintheworld | May 5, 2009 | Light-hearted and amusing, but based in "real" facts. A modern-day "Modest Proposal". ( ) kellanelizabeth | Jan 14, 2009 | Fantastic and timely! If you liked Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris, you would like this. ( ) readerspeak | Jan 13, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0446579815, Hardcover)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 objections of the Religious Right, and of course, the Baby Boomers, who are deeply offended by demonstrations on the golf courses of their retirement resorts. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:09 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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