Welcome to a world populated by dead TV shows and semi-disposable Swedish furniture. SWIMMING POOL presents: Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture.
Three friends—twenty-somethings, raised on divorce, Watergate, and scarred by the fallout of the ’80s (think crack and Ronald Reagan)—represent a new generation. Underemployed and overeducated, they have nowhere to direct their anger and no culture to replace their alienation, so they tell stories. A new lexicon emerges, filled not with planets of regret but with daydreams of what could be.
SWIMMING POOL is for friends. We believe books should be shared and spark dialogue—that’s why these two treasures are sold only as a double bill: one for you, one for your friend.