Special Topics in Calamity Physics

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: Marisha Pessl
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 05/01/2007
Pages: 528
Weight: 1.03lbs
Size: 8.44h x 5.52w x 1.17d
ISBN: 9780143112129


Award: 2006 Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize Winner - First Novel