Boomsday. A Novel

TitleBoomsday. A Novel
Year for Search2007
AuthorsBuckley, Christopher
Date Published2007
PublisherTwelve/Hachette
Place PublishedNew York
KeywordsMale author, US author
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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.

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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.