Worst. Person. Ever.
Author: Douglas Coupland
Release: October 3, 2013
Publisher:
Genre: Fiction, Novel,
Main Character(s): Raymond Gunt, Fiona, Neal Crossley, Sarah, Stuart Greene
ISBN-10: 0434019909
ISBN-13: 978-0434019908
Synopsis: “Raymond Gunt likes to think of himself as a pretty decent guy—he believes in karma, and helping his fellow man, and all that other good stuff. Sure, he can be foulmouthed, occasionally misogynistic, and can just generally rub people the wrong way—through no fault of his own! So with all the positive energy he’s creating, it’s a little perplexing to consider the recent downward spiral his life has taken…Could the universe be trying to tell him something?”
Declassified by Agent Palmer: Is Worst. Person. Ever. a condemnation of all of us?
Quotes and Lines
This book began, improbably, as an attempt in McSweeney’s 29 to reinvigorate the biji, a genre in classical Chinese-literature. Biji roughly translates as “notebook” and can contain anecdotes, quotations, random musings, philosophical speculations, literary criticism and anything that the author deems worth recording.
“I do But you have to tough this out, Peggy. What comes around goes around. I prefer to think I lead a fine upstanding life. When things turn to rat shit–as they invariably do–I never think it’s me who’s done something wrong. It’s the fucking universe having a bad day, and I just happen to be there.”
Many people have martini shakers in their homes–either received as wedding gifts or purchased in an ironic retro mood. They never get used. They’re kind of like the fedora hat of the beverage world.