Special Topics in Calamity Physics
About this book
A darkly funny coming-of-age novel and a richly plotted suspense tale told through the distinctive voice of its heroine, Blue van Meer. After a childhood moving from one academic outpost to another with her father (a man prone to aphorisms and meteoric affairs), Blue is clever, deadpan, and possessed of a vast lexicon of literary, political, philosophical, and scientific knowledge--and is quite the cinéaste to boot. In her final year of high school at the élite (and unusual) St. Gallway School in Stockton, North Carolina, Blue falls in with a charismatic group of friends and their captivating teacher, Hannah Schneider. But when the drowning of one of Hannah's friends and the shocking death of Hannah herself lead to a confluence of mysteries, Blue is left to make sense of it all with only her gimlet-eyed instincts and cultural references to guide--or misguide--her.--From publisher description.
Reader Profile
3.7/5 · 49447 readers · 514 pages · ≈ 9 h 31 m · Moderate
How long does it take to read Special Topics in Calamity Physics?
About ≈ 9 h 31 m — 514 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is Special Topics in Calamity Physics?
514 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is Special Topics in Calamity Physics?
It sits on the Fiction shelves.
Is Special Topics in Calamity Physics in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who wrote Special Topics in Calamity Physics?
Marisha Pessl.