Special Topics In Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl

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Book name:	Special Topics In Calamity Physics (2024)
Category:	Coming of age
Author:	Marisha Pessl
Language:	English
Publication data:	Jan. 1, 2006, midnight

"Special Topics in Calamity Physics" is a coming-of-age novel about a teenage girl named Blue van Meer who attends a prestigious boarding school in North Carolina. Blue's father is a charismatic and eccentric professor who teaches her about literature, philosophy, and film. When a mysterious death occurs at the school, Blue becomes involved in a group of students who are investigating the incident. As she navigates the complexities of friendship, love, and identity, Blue must confront the secrets and lies that surround her and learn to trust her own intuition. The 6964th greatest book of all time

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Marisha Pessl

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Marisha Pessl grew up in Asheville, North Carolina, and now lives in New York City. Special Topics in Calamity Physics, her debut novel, was a bestseller in both hardcover and paperback. It won the 2006 John Sargent Sr. First Novel Prize (now the Center for Fiction’s Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize), and was selected as one of the 10 Best Books of the Year by The New York Times Book Review. Her new novel, Night Film, comes out August 20, 2013.

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