Marisha Pessl, Special Topics in Calamity PhysicsĮqual parts coming-of-age story, murder mystery, and college thesis, Marisha Pessl’s Special Topics in Calamity Physics frequently finds itself classified as literary fiction. And what you decide in those few seconds determines everything from then on… And you’ll have no idea what you’ll do until you’re there.” You wouldn’t believe this, but life hinges in a couple of seconds you never see coming. I think growing up you always imagine your life-your success-depends on your family and how much money they have, where you go to college, what sort of job you can pin down, starting salary…But it doesn’t, you know. “It’s kind of funny…the moments on which life hinges. In honor of the upcoming release of Marisha Pessl’s second novel, Night Film, I thought it would be fitting to review her first novel, Special Topics in Calamity Physics. I will simply be providing a plot synopsis and the reasons this work warrants reading. In other words, You Gotta Read This! This regular feature will be mainly spoiler-free. We hope to, slowly but surely, rectify this tragic situation by introducing and discussing works, both fiction and nonfiction, modern and classic, that we feel warrant purchasing/ checking out from your local library. An appreciation of the printed word (hopefully even printed on paper and bound together with a decorative cover) is a dying concept.
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