Summary
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Leftovers and Tracy Flick Can’t Win comes a darkly hilarious novel about a high school election that brings out the worst in everyone—the basis for the film starring Reese Witherspoon!
Tracy Flick wants to be President of Winwood High. She’s one of those ambitious girls who finds time to do it all—edit the yearbook, star in the musical, sleep with her English teacher. But another teacher, staunch idealist Jim McAllist…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780425167281 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0425167283 |
| Author: | Tom Perrotta |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 1 October 1998 |
| Weight: | 176g |
| Dimensions: | 202mm x 130mm x 14mm |
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Critics Review
“[A] darkly comic and winning novel.”—San Francisco Chronicle
“Funny, sad, realistic, irreverent, and very readable.”—Library Journal
“Captures the texture of high-school life in a refreshing manner.”—Time Out New York
“Exceedingly funny…sharp observation…a delight.”—The Clevland Plain Dealer
“A neatly written, nimble-witted novel…a good-natured, John Irvingesque portrait of the contemporary world…seamless storytelling.”—The Washington Post
“Perotta is that rare writer equally gifted at drawing people’s emotional maps…and creating sidesplitting scenes.”—People
“An American Chekhov.”—The New York Times Book Review
About The Author
Tom Perrotta
Tom Perrotta is the bestselling author of ten works of fiction, including Election and Little Children, both of which were made into critically acclaimed movies, and The Leftovers and Mrs. Fletcher, which were adapted into HBO series. He lives outside Boston.
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