2003-09-14

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Guardian Unlimited Books | By genre | Review: Hey Nostradamus! by Douglas Coupland

Hey Nostradamus! is Coupland's first novel to feature a full complement of three-dimensional characters rather than a swarm of exaggerated cartoons. He seems to have reached a new plane of philosophical awareness. When Jason goes missing, his girlfriend reports that it is 'as if a door had opened up' to reveal what the suicidal impulse feels like. She goes on to reflect that there may be people 'who are born with that little door open, and have to go through life knowing that they might jump through it at any moment'. Somewhere deep in Coupland's consciousness is a little door marked 'greatness'. He may slip through it yet.