The stationery store "Paper Papers" - a cemetery of ruined hopes and a quiet haven of unrecognized talents? It seems so. Otherwise, why would the failed writer Roger, with a doomed look, shift stacks of stamped paper from shelf to shelf, and the gothic girl Bethany - arrogantly sort red and blue ballpoint pens? They hate the world around them, lustfully dream of the coming end of the world and... enjoy spoiling each other’s lives. But one day, recent enemies decide to become friends and allies... In the end, it’s easier for the two of them to confront the infamy and dangers of existence! So it begins Douglas Coupland's new novel, which he himself called “A Tale of Love and the Apocalypse,” and which critics dubbed an elegant parody of the film “Clerks” and the play “Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf.”