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Post by Dominique on Dec 10, 2006 4:20:46 GMT -5
Has anyone read this? If so what did you think? I'm thinking of getting it, it was named one of the top 10 books of 2006 by the NY Times. From their speil it sounds like something I'd like, here it is:
SPECIAL TOPICS IN CALAMITY PHYSICS By Marisha Pessl. Viking, $25.95. The antic ghost of Nabokov hovers over this buoyantly literate first novel, a murder mystery narrated by a teenager enamored of her own precocity but also in thrall to her father, an enigmatic itinerant professor, and to the charismatic female teacher whose death is announced on the first page. Each of the 36 chapters is titled for a classic (by authors ranging from Shakespeare to Carlo Emilio Gadda), and the plot snakes ingeniously toward a revelation capped by a clever "final exam." All this is beguiling, but the most solid pleasures of this book originate in the freshness of Pessl's voice and in the purity of her storytelling gift.
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Post by Isa on Dec 10, 2006 8:54:39 GMT -5
Wow, never heard of it before but it does sound interesting
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Kristie
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Post by Kristie on Dec 10, 2006 12:01:30 GMT -5
yeah, sounds interesting to me too. you could check out a library copy and read a bit and see if ya like it before buying it. that's what i do sometimes for expensive books
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Post by Bina on Dec 10, 2006 13:56:19 GMT -5
Sounds great. I´ll see if I can find it in the library.
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Post by Dominique on Dec 10, 2006 19:09:50 GMT -5
Yeah I thought it sounded good
I'd probably have to get in the biggest que ever in order to get it from the library, if it was even there. It's quite difficult to get a lot of the just released fiction and I think this book on;ly came out a few months ago.
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Kristie
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Post by Kristie on Dec 10, 2006 23:42:01 GMT -5
getting it from the library. i'm like the 2nd person on the list and there are 33 items. i shouldn't have to wait long. i'll let you know how i like it if you don't get it soon
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Post by Dominique on Dec 11, 2006 6:57:20 GMT -5
ok cool
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Post by Kristie on Dec 12, 2006 17:06:14 GMT -5
so i was playing around online and i found that this book is in the 10 best books of 2006 according the the new york times. just thought you might care to know that piece of info. so i suppose it can't be really bad. haven't gotten it from the library yet, but i'm still waiting.
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Post by Dominique on Dec 12, 2006 19:16:17 GMT -5
lol, thanks but I had that in my first post I'm on the ny times book mailing list, I hardly ever read it though cos obviously I don't know a lot of the books in it or their only available in America but when I saw an email saying top ten books I thought it was worth a look.
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Kristie
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Post by Kristie on Dec 12, 2006 23:49:13 GMT -5
haha wow, that shows ya how closely i read it to begin with lol...i'm not the brightest crayon in the box i suppose
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Post by Dominique on Dec 12, 2006 23:52:27 GMT -5
lol I do stuff like that all the time.
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Post by Kristie on Dec 13, 2006 18:55:58 GMT -5
i just picked it up today from the library. i have to finish the book i'm reading now before i can start it though. as soon as i start i'll let ya know, dom, what i think of it until you can get ahold of a copy
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Post by Dominique on Dec 13, 2006 19:02:31 GMT -5
thanks heaps
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Post by Kristie on Dec 13, 2006 19:21:22 GMT -5
no prob. did you check out the books website? it's pretty cool
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Post by Dominique on Dec 13, 2006 19:22:01 GMT -5
no i haven't, I'll have a look now.
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