Oct 31st Player One

Player One by Douglas Coupland The book is set in a cocktail lounge, with four main characters,
Karen a 40 year old woman who's waiting for her online date. Rick the bar tender a recovering alcoholic in a falling down life. Luke, a pastor who stole 20,000$ from the church. Rachel a beautiful 18 year old Canadian who suffers from autistic disorder.
All hell breaks loose, when they announce that oil prices skyrocketed and with it all kinds of consequences come in. The story is about four strangers, who as the novel goes by, we notice are not so different, that they all to some extent suffer from some type of autistic or social disorder which has brought them to be at this place in this particular time.

As the book goes by you start realizing its a very claustrophobic book, because it drags you into feeling like you're running against the clock. "What will become of us" the subtitle of the book itself expresses the general stressful feel throughout the story.

It's a very thought provoking book, forcing you to realize what is actually happening around you, and how society needs to step in and do something about it or else everything will be completely lost.
Coupland is known to be a very thought provoking novelist, and it's no surprise that "Player One" falls under this category, he himself admits that he wants people to feel uncomfortable with this novel, he wants them to think and not only read. An aspect of his that I love, because I myself crave these novels for their intellectual ingredients, and although there are always aspects of it you don't enjoy because of how they make you feel; when it comes to the end you realize how rich and filling the story truly is.