Special Topics in Calamity Physics

Special Topics in Calamity Physics - Paperback

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Special Topics in Calamity Physics - Paperback

Special Topics in Calamity Physics - Paperback

by Marisha Pessl
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by Marisha Pessl (Author)

The mesmerizing bestseller that combines the storytelling gifts of Donna Tartt and the suspense of Alfred Hitchcock--A New York Times Ten Best Book of the Year

Special Topics in Calamity Physics is a darkly hilarious coming-of-age tale and a richly plotted suspense story, told with dazzling intelligence and wit. At the center of the novel 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 some--a 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 novel--with visual aids drawn by the author--that has won over readers of all ages.

Author Biography

Marisha Pessl is the author of Night Film and Special Topics in Calamity Physics, her bestselling debut, which was awarded the John Sargent Sr. First Novel Prize (now the Center for Fiction's Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize) and selected as one of the 10 Best Books of the Year by The New York Times Book Review. She lives with her husband and three daughters in New York City.

Number of Pages: 528
Dimensions: 1.17 x 8.44 x 5.52 IN
Publication Date: May 01, 2007
Award: Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize (2006)
ISBN9780143112129
Author Marisha Pessl
PublisherPenguin Books
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedMay 2007
LanguageENG- English
Pages528
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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