City of Glass: Douglas Coupland's Vancouver

by Douglas Coupland

Release Date: April, 2003

Edition: Paperback

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Quick, delightful read.

Though this book is rather short on length, it does an excellent job of portraying an excellent city. Writing about one aspect of any city for each letter of the alphabet is a daunting task for anyone, and Coupland pulls it off with aplomb.

May as well buy a ticket now...

This book will leave you aching for Vancouver, whether you've been there before or not. I have, but never lived it the way Coupland has. This is more than a travel book; it'll take you into the underside, and the overside, and every side Vancouver has.

Vancouver is lushly fertile and starkly commercial, historical and modern; Vancouver is Every City, with an emergent personality all its own. Until you can get there to see it yourself, buy this book, keep it on your coffee table, and dive with Coupland into his own bizarre Vancouver dreams.