The Last Baby Boomer
by chris rodell | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 1491785012 Global Overview for this book
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In 2076, the sprawling Baby Boom generation is down to one last survivor, 117-year-old Martin J. McCrae. The distinction earns McCrae residence in a suite at a New York City museum where contestants pay 25$ to spend 15 minutes with him as part of the ultimate ghoul pool. If they are in the room when he dies, they win the multi-million dollar jackpot.
While silently praying he will die for them, contestants ask the genial Mcrae questions about the past, ultimately triggering recollections of the rollicking times when McCrae waged war with boredom. As the ghoul poo grinds on into its fifth year, he lapses into a coma and the contestants begin to resent him for his unseemly longevity. While conspiracy theorists speculate that McCrae had been dead for years, his wealthy friend revives him with an offer to secure eternal life. McCrae must now decide whether to surrender to the temptation or embrace a natural death.
Last Baby Boomer is a coming-of-old-old age satire of a dying epoch that has always invited lampooning. Because we all get to die.
But only one of us gets to die last.
By registering this book, I am sharing this book with the wider world--enjoy!
In 2076, the sprawling Baby Boom generation is down to one last survivor, 117-year-old Martin J. McCrae. The distinction earns McCrae residence in a suite at a New York City museum where contestants pay 25$ to spend 15 minutes with him as part of the ultimate ghoul pool. If they are in the room when he dies, they win the multi-million dollar jackpot.
While silently praying he will die for them, contestants ask the genial Mcrae questions about the past, ultimately triggering recollections of the rollicking times when McCrae waged war with boredom. As the ghoul poo grinds on into its fifth year, he lapses into a coma and the contestants begin to resent him for his unseemly longevity. While conspiracy theorists speculate that McCrae had been dead for years, his wealthy friend revives him with an offer to secure eternal life. McCrae must now decide whether to surrender to the temptation or embrace a natural death.
Last Baby Boomer is a coming-of-old-old age satire of a dying epoch that has always invited lampooning. Because we all get to die.
But only one of us gets to die last.
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