Special Topics in Calamity PhysicsPenguin, 3 ago 2006 - 528 páginas The mesmerizing New York Times bestseller by the author of Night Film Marisha Pessl’s dazzling debut sparked raves from critics and heralded the arrival of a vibrant new voice in American fiction. At the center of Special Topics in Calamity Physics 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. |
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... hand up as if holding an invisible parasol, pinky outstretched. (He resembled Alice B. Toklas with that specter-mustache.) “'Well, Alice, what is the questgurgh-tion?'" I stifled a yawn, happened to glance down at my notebook and saw ...
... hand up as if holding an invisible parasol, pinky outstretched. (He resembled Alice B. Toklas with that specter-mustache.) “'Well, Alice, what is the questgurgh-tion?'" I stifled a yawn, happened to glance down at my notebook and saw ...
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... hand of Fate, telephoned my mother around lunch to tell her that she didn't need to pick me up from Calhoun Elementary as she always did. Dad had decided to blow off the kids who always hung around after his Political Science 400a ...
... hand of Fate, telephoned my mother around lunch to tell her that she didn't need to pick me up from Calhoun Elementary as she always did. Dad had decided to blow off the kids who always hung around after his Political Science 400a ...
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... hand corner and continuing clockwise): Lewis “Albino” Polk, who would soon be suspended for bringing a handgun to Pre-Algebra; Josh Stetmeyer, whose older brother, Beet, was arrested for dealing LSD to eighth graders; Howie Easton, who ...
... hand corner and continuing clockwise): Lewis “Albino” Polk, who would soon be suspended for bringing a handgun to Pre-Algebra; Josh Stetmeyer, whose older brother, Beet, was arrested for dealing LSD to eighth graders; Howie Easton, who ...
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... curt nod, planted a hand on my shoulder, and steered me through the smudged, white double doors. That night in my room, I stayed awake imagining a humid reunion with Andreo surrounded by Philippine figs and peacock plants.
... curt nod, planted a hand on my shoulder, and steered me through the smudged, white double doors. That night in my room, I stayed awake imagining a humid reunion with Andreo surrounded by Philippine figs and peacock plants.
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... hands, socks and jeans, you were tied together by a powerful bond of human existence that no one, not even a Dad ... hand through his black hair, oily and thick. YOU SAVE MY LIFE STOP ONE NIGHT I MAKE YOU COMIDA CRIOLLA STOP But such ...
... hands, socks and jeans, you were tied together by a powerful bond of human existence that no one, not even a Dad ... hand through his black hair, oily and thick. YOU SAVE MY LIFE STOP ONE NIGHT I MAKE YOU COMIDA CRIOLLA STOP But such ...
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