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Marisha Pessl: Special topics in calamity physics (Hardcover, 2006, Viking)

A darkly funny coming-of-age novel and a richly plotted suspense tale told through the distinctive …

Review of 'Special Topics in Calamity Physics' on 'Goodreads'

Engrossing. Erudite, extremely well-read Blue Van Meer gathered no moss in the way of friends as she and her academic father flit from town to town in their blue Volvo stationwagon. They land in Carlton County, Blue is enrolled at elite St. Gallway, and is enraptured by film studies teacher Hannah Schneider. Months later, Blue finds Hannah's body: was it murder? suicide?