The Basic Eight

Handler, Daniel

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ISBN 10: 0749004797 ISBN 13: 9780749004798

Published by Allison & Busby Limited, London, 2000

Language: English

Condition: Used - Very good Soft cover

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First UK edition. Published as a paperback original in the UK. Originally published in the US by St Martin's Press in 1999. The back cover has a small nick to the edge, some surface denting and surface scratching. Light browning to the page edges but the pages are otherwise unmarked. First printing.

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Title: The Basic Eight
Publisher: Allison & Busby Limited, London
Publication Date: 2000
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0749004797
ISBN 13: 9780749004798
Binding: Original Wraps
Edition: First Edition
Printing: 1st Printing
Condition: Very Good

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In an affluent San Fransisco high school, Flannery Culp's group of friends, known as the Basic Eight, are dismissed as a pretentious clique. Disdaining the jocks and cheerleaders, they maintain a level of sophistication which raises them above the rabble. Whether hosting glitzy dinner parties, quaffing absinthe or playing croquet, Flan knows that the Basic Eight are something special.But when a teacher is murdered, people start looking to Flan and her Basic Eight for answers. And when the most gorgeous boy in school spurns her advances, Flan's enchanted life starts to sour. All of a sudden, things have turned serious...

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"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

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