Summary
‘WHAT ARE YOUR BEST AND WORST QUALITIES?’
This is the title of the essay Addison Schacht has to submit to gain a place at his chosen university. Straightaway, Addison, 18, sees an opportunity to tell his story-so-far: to unburden himself, so to speak.
And boy is there a lot to unburden.
His business - dealing pot to his peers - is booming. His relationship with Digger, his best friend (NOT girlfriend) is getting more and more ‘complicated’. His classmate Kevin Broadus …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780733634932 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0733634931 |
| Author: | Sam Munson |
| Publisher: | Hachette Australia |
| Imprint: | Hachette Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 27 October 2015 |
| Weight: | 320g |
| Dimensions: | 231mm x 155mm x 18mm |
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A thoughtful coming-of-age story and an engaging teenage noir. Think of it as an existential murder mystery for the stoner pre-college set - New York Times
One of the funniest, most heartfelt novels in recent memory-a book every bit as worthy of Mark Twain and J. D. Salinger-about the goodwill and decency that sometimes shrouds itself in adolescent vulgarity and swagger - Chicago TribuneSchacht really is Holden’s amoral 21st-century cousin: He shares the profane slanginess and the petulant self-righteousness of Salinger’s famous malcontent - Washington PostA classic coming-of-age tale: getting into college, smoking dope, navigating best-friendship with someone of the opposite sex - oh, and investigating a classmate’s murder - Vanity FairSam Munson’s debut novel, narrated by Jewish stoner teen misanthrope Addison Schacht, nails the adolescent voice perfect - Daily BeastCombines a classic sense of adolescent alienation and a keen comedic voice to depict a bleakly funny teenage wasteland - Kirkusa darkly funny, whip-smart coming-of-age tale - GlamourAbout The Author
Sam Munson
Sam Munson is the author of the novels The November Criminals and The War Against the Assholes. His short fiction and criticism have appeared in n+1, Tablet, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, The National, the Daily Beast, Commentary, the Times Literary Supplement, the New York Observer, The Utopian and numerous other publications. He lives in New York City with his wife and son.
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