Gen X Has a Midlife Crisis
How can a generation whose cultural trademark is a refusal to grow up have a midlife crisis? Sam Lipsyte’s novel “The Ask” and the films “Hot Tub Time Machine” and “Greenberg” ponder this predicament.
From: NYT > Books
Friday, 7 May, 2010
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