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# The Gum Thief
- URL: https://blogs.remobjects.com/2007/10/06/the-gum-thief/
- Published: 2007-10-06T18:25:16.000Z
- Updated: 2018-08-22T06:17:48.000Z
- Author: marc hoffman
- Tags: #Import 2026-08-17 20:17

A brief book recommendation: this saturday i’ve read *The Gum Thief*, the latest novel by Douglas Coupland. I’ve loved Coupland’s work ever since first reading *Microserfs* some ten years ago, and *Gum Thief* is yet another masterpiece in a long line of excellent novels. Made up entirely of letters and diary entries of characters that never actually meet or interact directly, *Gum Thief* tells the story of 40-something Staples clerk Roger who is writing a novel about — wait for it — a novelist writing a novel about a clerk at Staples. And if you know Coupland, you know that he, and only he, can pull it off.

If you like this one, i also recommend *Miss Wyoming*, *Girlfriend in a Coma* and — especially for those of us involved with geek stuff — *Microserfs*, of course.