The Basic Eight - Hardcover

Handler, Daniel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312198337 ISBN 13: 9780312198336

Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books, 1999

Synopsis

A satire of teenage life follows cynical soon-to-graduate Flannery Culp on a raucous journey through high school in the 1990s, covering SATs, college applications, friends, boyfriends, tabloid journalism, and TV talk shows. A first novel.

About this title

From the Publisher:

"Dazzlingly funny...covertly lyrical, and absolutely without parental supervision, The Basic Eight manages to be amoral and humane simultaneously." --Mark O'Donnell, author of Let Nothing You Dismay and Getting Over Homer

"Imagine being young, messed up, and too smart for your own good. Flannery Culp is all three. I followed her adventures with admiration and envy because Daniel Handler is one of the sharpest, funniest, and best writers around." --Kit Reed, author of Weird Women, Wired Women

"Flannery Culp is Holden Caulfield in drag, forty-five years later." --Peter Lefcourt, author of The Woody and Abbreviating Ernie

"If you can resist Daniel Handler's hell-raising powers, fair warning: A wicked young century starts here--without you." --Lois Gould, author of Mommy Dressing and Medusa's Gift

"A funny, unique novel that single- handedly returns high-school revenge fantasies to their rightful owners." --Joanna Torrey, author of Hungry

"Like no other book, The Basic Eight demands to be read twice. Do." --Stephin Merritt, lead singer of the Magnetic Fields

About the Author:

DAVID HANDLER is an Edgar Award winner. He lives in Old Lyme, Connecticut.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0312198337
• ISBN 13: 9780312198336
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 329