# Special Topics in Calamity Physics - Paperback

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by **Marisha Pessl** (Author)

**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 Biography

**Marisha Pessl** is the author of _Night Film_ and _Special Topics in Calamity Physics_, her bestselling debut, which was awarded the John Sargent Sr. First Novel Prize (now the Center for Fiction's Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize) and selected as one of the 10 Best Books of the Year by _The New York Times Book Review_. She lives with her husband and three daughters in New York City.

**Number of Pages:** 528

**Dimensions:** 1.17 x 8.44 x 5.52 IN

**Publication Date:** May 01, 2007

**Award:** Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize (2006)

## Details

- **Price:** 26.0 GBP
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- **Type:** Books
- **Tags:** Amateur Sleuth, Books, Fiction, Humorous, Mystery & Detective, Price Written on Book, Suspense, Thrillers

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