Adjunct professor Olivia has no savings, no stability, no hope...oh, and she's still living at home with her father, the university dean. Meanwhile, sky-high tuition is wrecking her students' lives. The solution? Kidnap the out-of-touch baby boomers running the school and demand cancellation of all college loan debt. What could possibly go wrong, except for a civil war between young and old?
Adjusted for inflation, millennials spend 50% more on rent, 75% more on healthcare and 150% more on college (while earning $10,000 less) than baby boomers did at the same age. Two-thirds can't afford to buy a house or save for retirement. It was only a matter of time until s**t went down...
From Marty Beckerman, author of bestselling parody The Heming Way ("laugh-out-loud"—USA Today), comes a timely, uproarious and dope AF tale of the new generation gap. They killed shopping malls, chain restaurants, taxis, newspapers, bar soap, landline phones, cable TV and gluten...and now they’re coming for youuuuuuuuuuuu!
Praise for Other Books by the Author:
“[H]ilarious…”
—Yale Daily News
“[F]unny, smart, and satirical…”
—Vol. 1 Brooklyn
“Beckerman depicts sympathetic people who behave in hateful ways and, in doing so, manages to capture something essential about our generation.”
—The Brown Daily Herald
“[R]aucous…”
—Booklist
“It is tempting to cut and paste huge blockquotes of Beckerman brilliantly skewering…but the choosing would be too difficult.”
—Decibel magazine
“[Y]ou won’t be able to hold in your laughter…”
—Oregon Daily Emerald
“[F]unny…”
—Kirkus Reviews
“Beckerman carries the reader through with wit and intelligence, taking a shot at everything in his path.”
—Beatdom
“[H]ilarious … while at the same time sobering and disturbing.”
—StarMetro Toronto
“[F]unny and gleefully provocative.”
—The Boston Phoenix
“Marty Beckerman [is] the Lenny Bruce of his generation.”
—John Strausbaugh, author of Rock ‘Til You Drop: The Decline from Rebellion to Nostalgia