Boomsday by Christopher Buckley

May 14, 2008 · Posted in Book Reviews 

In Boomsday, Christopher Buckley explores the scenario of the failing Social Security system as the Baby-Boomer generation retires. The protagonist of the novel, Cassandra Devine, is a 29 year old public relations executive by day and angry blogger by night. The anger comes from the government’s attempt to save Social Security by taxing the younger generation, Devine’s generation, into oblivion. Cassandra Devine hatches an amazing solution to the entire Boomer issue; a “meta-issue” designed to spark conversation and debate. The “meta-issue” quickly evolves into the issue for the upcoming presidential elections. The book is enjoyable in the simple fact that it is funny. Buckley takes no prisoners, but does take a swipe at every institution in America; the media, politicians, the Catholic church, the Christian right, the public relations industry, and the filthy rich are just a few of his victims. The satire is wonderful and the one liners will cause you to chuckle. The novel is very appropriate for our current times and will offer some comic relief for the stress of our current dilemmas.

About the photo: It’s what’s left of the book after Doodles got a hold of it. She managed to destroy the hardcover boards and ripped up quite a few of the pages. Amazingly, she didn’t eat any of the bits from the pages. A bit of tape and I was able to mend all of the pages. Not a word is missing.

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