Boomsday

Name: Boomsday
Brand: Hachette Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Christopher Buckley
ISBN: 9781600240034

Author: Christopher Buckley

Narrator: Janeane Garofalo

Unabridged: 10 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Twelve

Published: 04/02/2007

Categories: Fiction, Satire, Political, Nonfiction, Humor, Political Humor, Humorous

Synopsis

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.

About Christopher Buckley

Christopher Buckley is a novelist, essayist, humorist, critic, magazine editor, and memoirist. His books include Thank You for Smoking, The Judge Hunter, Make Russia Great Again, and The Relic Master. He worked as a merchant seaman and White House speechwriter. He was awarded the Thurber Prize for American Humor and the Washington Irving Medal for Literary Excellence.

Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Dutch on 2010-07-19 09:33:25

How could the 14 subscribers who've rated this audiobook give it an average of only 3 stars? Every written review on this page gives it 5 stars. Very odd 'system' you have, Booksfree. Garofalo reads this perfectly. She captures Buckley's dry wit with just the right deadpan delivery and manages to make this wonderfully over-the-top plot line just plausible enough to be both hilarious and a little unsettling due to the truth behind the humor. No one from Harvard could have written something this good.

Goodreads review by Manny on July 15, 2010

The British newspapers the last few days have been full of dire figures about our national balance sheet. Officially, Britain owes £903B, which already doesn't sound good. But, if you take into account the fact that a large proportion of Britain's pension obligations aren't funded, the number goes u......more

Goodreads review by Daniel on June 17, 2008

Two words come to mind as I read this, fast and glib. I have to say that I really enjoyed this book. It read like a tasty drink of mostly empty calories, but it did taste great. Has all the makings of a movie that will make the right person's career, just a question of who right now in Hollywood cou......more

Goodreads review by The Book Maven on August 24, 2013

Holy crap. This book was so FREAKING GOOD. The time and place: America, a few years down the road. Prime rates are at 18 percent. Inflation is at thirty percent. Foreign countries are refusing to loan America any more money. The United States is at war with six areas, including Quebec, and the Nation......more

Goodreads review by Ensiform on February 04, 2017

In the not-so-distant future, America teeters on the brink of economic disaster as the baby boomers start retiring. Enter beautiful young ex-Army-turned PR flak, coulda-gone-to-Harvard-but-Daddy-spent-the-tuition-money crusading blogger Cassandra, who on her blog suggests that Baby Boomers voluntari......more

Goodreads review by Bandit on April 03, 2019

I’ve always enjoyed Christopher Buckley’s political satires and this book was no exception. Although it is the first of his I’ve listened to on audio, it’s read by Janeane Garofalo (who has apparently been around and busy working all these years, go figure).. Normally it’s always a good sign when a......more