Special topics in calamity physics
Marisha Pessl
Viking (2006)
In Collection
#4880
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Fiction / Espionage, Fiction / Literary, Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General, Students
e-Book 9780670916078
English
Special Topics in Calamity Physics is a mesmerizing debut. As teenager Blue van Meer tells her story we are hurled into a dizzying world of murder and butterflies, womanizing and wandering, American McCulture, The Western Canon, political radicalism and juvenile crushisms. Structured around a syllabus for a Great Works of Literature class (with hand-drawn Visual Aids), Blue's wickedly funny yet poignant tale reveals how the imagination finds meaning in the most bewildering times, the ways people of all ages strive for connection, and how the darkest of secrets can set us free. & lt;br/ & gt;'Special Topics in Calamity Physics made me stay up all night reading; in the morning it seemed like one of those parties where everyone is too cool for you but you desperately want to know them anyway. It reminded me of my lost, bad-girl days. I loved this book.' & lt;br/ & gt;Audrey Niffenegger, author of The Time Traveller's Wife
Product Details
Dewey 813.6
Cover Price £16.99
No. of Pages 528
Height x Width 240 x 152  mm
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