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Mermaids in Paradise - A Novel
Lydia Millet
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Description for Mermaids in Paradise - A Novel
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. Dimension: 208 x 143. Weight in Grams: 266.
In this “comic masterpiece” (Salon), honeymooners Deb and Chip—our opinionated, skeptical narrator and her cheerful jock husband—befriend a marine biologist who discovers mermaids in a coral reef. As a resort chain swoops in to exploit the shy creatures, the newlyweds unite with other adventurous vacationers to stop the company from turning the reef into a theme park. Mermaids in Paradise is Lydia Millet’s most fun book yet, tempering the sharp satire of her early career with the empathy and subtlety of her more recent novels and short stories.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Language
English
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393351729
SKU
V9780393351729
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Ref
99-99
About Lydia Millet
Lydia Millet is the author of A Children’s Bible, a finalist for the National Book Award and a New York Times Top Ten book of the Year. Her first work of short fiction, Love in Infant Monkeys, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2010; her second, Fight No More (2018), won an American Academy of Arts and Sciences short fiction award. Atavists is her third work of short fiction. She lives outside Tucson, Arizona.
Reviews for Mermaids in Paradise - A Novel
"A writer without limits, always surprising, always hilarious."
Karen Russell, author of Swamplandia! and Orange World and Other Stories "Mermaids in Paradise makes brilliant comedy out of a honeymoon trip that veers from the absurd to the sublime and back again. Lydia Millet is a stone-cold genius."
Jenny Offill, author of Dept. of Speculation and Weather "[A] deft satire."
Melissa Maerz - Entertainment Weekly "Lydia Millet is the American writer with the funniest, wisest grasp on how we fool ourselves."
Charles Finch - Chicago Tribune "A romp with sharp teeth…a slapstick variation on Millet’s abiding theme: the relationship between human beings and the natural world."
Laura Miller - Salon "Millet, with her keen sense of the absurd, brings the book to a surprising conclusion, and makes a point about corporate greed and the destruction of the environment without being heavy-handed."
Moira Hodgson - Wall Street Journal "Suspenseful, philosophical, and tropical—the funniest you’ll ever read on ecotourism and the wisest you’ll ever read on mermaids."
Natalie Beach - O Magazine "A hilarious genre-bender that strikes some serious chords."
Jane Ciabattari - BBC "[A] laser-focused satire…The novel has the shape and pace of a thriller… An admirable example of a funny novel with a serious message that works swimmingly. Dive in."
Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "With equal parts calculated wryness and pleading earnestness, [Millet] delivers a thrilling piece of fabulist fiction."
Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Karen Russell, author of Swamplandia! and Orange World and Other Stories "Mermaids in Paradise makes brilliant comedy out of a honeymoon trip that veers from the absurd to the sublime and back again. Lydia Millet is a stone-cold genius."
Jenny Offill, author of Dept. of Speculation and Weather "[A] deft satire."
Melissa Maerz - Entertainment Weekly "Lydia Millet is the American writer with the funniest, wisest grasp on how we fool ourselves."
Charles Finch - Chicago Tribune "A romp with sharp teeth…a slapstick variation on Millet’s abiding theme: the relationship between human beings and the natural world."
Laura Miller - Salon "Millet, with her keen sense of the absurd, brings the book to a surprising conclusion, and makes a point about corporate greed and the destruction of the environment without being heavy-handed."
Moira Hodgson - Wall Street Journal "Suspenseful, philosophical, and tropical—the funniest you’ll ever read on ecotourism and the wisest you’ll ever read on mermaids."
Natalie Beach - O Magazine "A hilarious genre-bender that strikes some serious chords."
Jane Ciabattari - BBC "[A] laser-focused satire…The novel has the shape and pace of a thriller… An admirable example of a funny novel with a serious message that works swimmingly. Dive in."
Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "With equal parts calculated wryness and pleading earnestness, [Millet] delivers a thrilling piece of fabulist fiction."
Publishers Weekly (starred review)