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Special Topics in Calamity Physics Paperback - 2007
by Pessl, Marisha
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Structured around a syllabus for a Great Works of Literature class, this mesmerizing debut, uncannily uniting the trials of a postmodern upbringing with a murder mystery, heralds the arrival of a vibrant new voice in literary fiction.
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- Title Special Topics in Calamity Physics
- Author Pessl, Marisha
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 528
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, New York
- Date 2007
- Features Illustrated, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # G0143112120I3N11
- ISBN 9780143112129 / 0143112120
- Weight 1.03 lbs (0.47 kg)
- Dimensions 8.44 x 5.52 x 1.17 in (21.44 x 14.02 x 2.97 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Mystery fiction, Young women
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Summary
The mesmerizing New York Times bestseller by the author of Night Film
Marisha Pessl’s dazzling debut sparked raves from critics and heralded the arrival of a vibrant new voice in American fiction. At the center of Special Topics in Calamity Physics is clever, deadpan Blue van Meer, who has a head full of literary, philosophical, scientific, and cinematic knowledge. But she could use some friends. Upon entering the elite St. Gallway School, she finds somea clique of eccentrics known as the Bluebloods. One drowning and one hanging later, Blue finds herself puzzling out a byzantine murder mystery. Nabokov meets Donna Tartt (then invites the rest of the Western Canon to the party) in this novelwith visual aids drawn by the authorthat has won over readers of all ages.
Marisha Pessl’s dazzling debut sparked raves from critics and heralded the arrival of a vibrant new voice in American fiction. At the center of Special Topics in Calamity Physics is clever, deadpan Blue van Meer, who has a head full of literary, philosophical, scientific, and cinematic knowledge. But she could use some friends. Upon entering the elite St. Gallway School, she finds somea clique of eccentrics known as the Bluebloods. One drowning and one hanging later, Blue finds herself puzzling out a byzantine murder mystery. Nabokov meets Donna Tartt (then invites the rest of the Western Canon to the party) in this novelwith visual aids drawn by the authorthat has won over readers of all ages.
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Dad always said a person must have a magnificent reason for writing out his or her Life Story and expecting anyone to read it.
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- New York Times, 06/03/2007, Page 56