A dazzling new novel that reimagines the very act of reading and storytelling in a crazed digital world, from the author of "JPod" and "Generation X". Set in the near future, bees are extinct, until, that is, 5 unconnected individuals are stung and are immediately subject to a barrage of unusual and highly 21st century circumstances. '(A) visionary author...rock'n'roll yet deadly serious, a caustic social commentator and delineator of the near future' "Sunday Times"

DOUGLAS COUPLAND was born on a NATO base in Germany in 1961. He is the author of the international bestseller JPOD and ten other novels including THE GUM THIEF, HEY NOSTRADAMUS!, ALL FAMILIES ARE PSYCHOTIC AND GENERATION X. His books have been translated into thirty-five languages and published in most countries around the world. He is also a visual artist and sculptor, furniture designer and screenwriter. He lives and works in Vancouver.