Boomsday. A Novel
| Title | Boomsday. A Novel |
| Year for Search | 2007 |
| Authors | Buckley, Christopher |
| Date Published | 2007 |
| Publisher | Twelve/Hachette |
| Place Published | New York |
| Keywords | Male author, US author |
| Annotation | The epigram is “Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt,” quoting Herbert Hoover in an address to the National Republican Conference in 1936. The novel is a political satire set in a near future of generational conflict where the children of the Baby Boomers revolt against paying for the good life in retirement of their parents and urge “Transitioning” or voluntary euthanasia at seventy-five while Congress keeps raising the Social Security tax to pay greater benefits to the retired. |
| Holding Institutions | PSt |
| Full Text | 2007 Buckley, Christopher (b. 1952). Boomsday. A Novel. New York: Twelve/Hachette. PSt The epigram is “Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt,” quoting Herbert Hoover in an address to the National Republican Conference in 1936. The novel is a political satire set in a near future of generational conflict where the children of the Baby Boomers revolt against paying for the good life in retirement of their parents and urge “Transitioning” or voluntary euthanasia at seventy-five while Congress keeps raising the Social Security tax to pay greater benefits to the retired. |
