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Special Topics in Calamity Physics
Marisha Pessl
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Description for Special Topics in Calamity Physics
paperback. Tells a wickedly funny yet poignant tale that 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. Num Pages: 528 pages, 10. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 370.
Marisha Pessl's Special Topics in Calamity Physics is an unforgettable debut novel that combines the storytelling gifts of Donna Tartt and the suspense of Alfred Hitchcock: a darkly hilarious coming-of-age tale and a richly plotted suspense story, told with dazzling intelligence and wit. 'I wrote this account one year after I'd found Hannah Dead. I thought I'd managed to erase all traces of that night within myself. But I was wrong. Every night when I tried to sleep, I'd close my eyes and see her again, exactly as ... Read more
Marisha Pessl's Special Topics in Calamity Physics is an unforgettable debut novel that combines the storytelling gifts of Donna Tartt and the suspense of Alfred Hitchcock: a darkly hilarious coming-of-age tale and a richly plotted suspense story, told with dazzling intelligence and wit. 'I wrote this account one year after I'd found Hannah Dead. I thought I'd managed to erase all traces of that night within myself. But I was wrong. Every night when I tried to sleep, I'd close my eyes and see her again, exactly as ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
Number of Pages
528
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141024325
SKU
9780141024325
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About Marisha Pessl
Marisha Pessl was born in 1977 and lives in New York. This is her first novel.
Reviews for Special Topics in Calamity Physics
Beneath the foam of this exuberant debut is a dark, strong drink
Jonathan Franzen, author of
The Corrections
Jonathan Franzen, author of
The Corrections