City of Glass (Douglas Coupland Book) - Inspiration

Inspiration

The book jacket’s text describes Coupland’s influence and motivation to write this book.

“I get lots of visitors every year, and they always seem to ask the same questions about Vancouver” ... “Why is the number 8 everywhere?” “What’s the deal with pot?” “And what, exactly, is the deal with BC Ferries?” And so on. People want to know what Vancouver feels like to somebody who lives here – from the inside out. “So this book arises from both love and laziness: love, because I spent my twenties scouring the globe thinking there had to be a better city out there, until it dawned on me that Vancouver is the best one going; and laziness, because I thought I was going to go mental explaining dim sum, the sulphur pits and Kitsilano for the umpteen-hundredth time.” — Coupland on his inspiration in writing the book

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