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BoomsdayChristopher Buckley

Boomsday

336 pagesFirst published 20077 editions
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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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Editions

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FormatPublisherYearPagesISBN
AudiobookTwelve2008—9781600242151
PaperbackTwelve20083369780446697972
EditionTwelve20073369780446579810
EditionTwelve20075769780446581363
EbookGrand Central Publishing2007—9780446194914
AudiobookTwelve2007—9781594838880
AudiobookTwelve2007—9781600240027
Baby boom generation in fictionBaby boom generationFictionDramaFiction, humorousNew York Times reviewedFiction, humorous, general