BOOMSDAY, by Christopher Buckley, 2007.
Uproariously funny political satire involving the crisis of retiring Baby Boomers. Cassandra Devine, a frustrated Washington spin doctor is infuriated by the excesses of what she calls America's "Ungreatest generation" and the Social Security debt. She calls for a solution on her blog: the government should offer incentives to those baby boomers willing to kill themselves by age 75. Her proposal catches fire with millions of citizens, and with politician Randolph Jepperson IV, who is looking for the youth vote for his bid for the presidency. Their opposition includes the current president, a pro-life preacher who may have killed his own mother, and hordes of baby boomers who are offended by the attacks on their golf courses. Buckley writes with great tongue in cheek humor, I have not laughed so much while reading a book in ages. His characters are broadly written but often ring true, the dialogue is witty and biting, the situations comic. I'm not a huge fan of satire, or political novels, but I thoroughly enjoyed reading this. A great change of pace for me.