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...Shampoo Planet...
...story of college-aged character in search of themselves, Shampoo Planet documents the generation that follows the wistful twentysomethings of Generation X. That book turned heads in 1991, making its author, Douglas Coupland, a darling of the cultural critics who grasped for a definition of the world's up-and-comers. Shampoo Planet is equally bleak and cynical, equally rich with insights into a new set of young Americans...
Coupland's chapters, like MTV videos, news-report soundbites and teenagers' attention spans, are brief and swift. Only a few pages long, they jump from subject to subject and rush to feed us snippets of information from Tyler's life. Much of Shampoo Planet is about its protagonist's remembrances--of his carefree childhood on a British Columbia hippie commune, of his vacationto Europe, of his alcoholic, get-rich-quick stepfather, Dan. like the Chapters they comprise, they follow each other in rapid-fire bursts. But what chiefly propels the plot is the choice Tyler must make between his hometown...
...DOUBT fretted when he was arrested last summer for disorderly conduct and public drunkenness. Little did he know that the presiding judge on his case could literally wash that charge right out of his hair. District Judge Charles Guyer offered the defendant leniency if he let the judge shampoo his hair. Further, suggested His Honor, the young man could get even more leniency if he brought in friends for a wash and rinse as well. The accused did bring two friends; they were state troopers who arrested Guyer as soon as they were dry. Last week the magistrate apologized...
...with a plant mister when itscratches, "and if that doesn't work, you can tieinflated balloons around the base of the couch;the pop will scare your kitty out of its badhabits." At the IAMS counter you can buy not justbrushes and toys but also tuna-flavored vitamins,cat shampoo, and pet cologne...