Reviews
Advance praise for Night Film "Beautifully imagined, beautifully written, and hypnotically suspenseful." -Lee Child, author of A Wanted Man "A testament to Marisha Pessl's tremendous gifts as a storyteller." -Scott Smith, author of The Ruins "This summer's Gone Girl : a completely absorbing literary thriller." - Library Journal "Get ready to talk about this book." - Entertainment Weekly "A literary mystery that's also a page-turner . . . Night Film might be the most talked-about novel this summer." - Time Out New York "An inventive-if brooding, strange and creepy-adventure in literary terror. Think Edgar Allan Poe and Stephen King meet Guillermo del Toro as channeled by Klaus Kinski." - Kirkus Reviews "Expands from a seemingly straightforward mystery into a multifaceted, densely byzantine exploration of much larger issues . . . Into this mazelike world of dead ends and false leads, McGrath ventures with his two, much younger helpers, Nora and Hopper, brilliantly portrayed Holmesian 'irregulars' who may finally understand more about Ashley than their mentor, whose linear approach to fact finding might miss the point entirely." - Booklist (starred review) Praise for Special Topics in Calamity Physics "A whirling, glittering, multifaceted marvel . . . an irrepressibly smart and flamboyant new voice." - The New York Times "Pessl's talent for verbal acrobatics keeps the pages flipping." - USA Today "[A] blockbuster debut." - People (Critic's Choice) From the Trade Paperback edition., Praise for Special Topics in Calamity Phyiscs "[A] dazzling debut novel."- USA Today "Exhilarating . . . a poetic act of will."- The New York Times Book Review (one of the 10 Best Books of the Year) "A whirling, glittering, multifaceted marvel."- The New York Times "[An] escapist extravaganza."- Entertainment Weekly (EW Pick) "Dizzyingly ambitious."- Elle, Advance praise for Night Film "This summer's Gone Girl : a completely absorbing literary thriller."- Library Journal "Get ready to talk about this book."- Entertainment Weekly "A literary mystery that's also a page-turner . . . Night Film might be the most talked-about novel this summer."- Time Out New York "An inventive-if brooding, strange and creepy-adventure in literary terror. Think Edgar Allan Poe and Stephen King meet Guillermo del Toro as channeled by Klaus Kinski."- Kirkus Reviews "Expands from a seemingly straightforward mystery into a multifaceted, densely byzantine exploration of much larger issues . . . Into this mazelike world of dead ends and false leads, McGrath ventures with his two, much younger helpers, Nora and Hopper, brilliantly portrayed Holmesian 'irregulars' who may finally understand more about Ashley than their mentor, whose linear approach to fact finding might miss the point entirely."- Booklist (starred review) Praise for Special Topics in Calamity Phyiscs "[A] dazzling debut novel."- USA Today "Exhilarating . . . a poetic act of will."- The New York Times Book Review (one of the 10 Best Books of the Year) "A whirling, glittering, multifaceted marvel."- The New York Times "[An] escapist extravaganza."- Entertainment Weekly (EW Pick) "Dizzyingly ambitious."- Elle From the Trade Paperback edition., Advance praise for Night Film "Beautifully imagined, beautifully written, and hypnotically suspenseful." --Lee Child, author of A Wanted Man "A testament to Marisha Pessl's tremendous gifts as a storyteller." --Scott Smith, author of The Ruins "This summer's Gone Girl : a completely absorbing literary thriller." -- Library Journal "Get ready to talk about this book." -- Entertainment Weekly "A literary mystery that's also a page-turner . . . Night Film might be the most talked-about novel this summer." -- Time Out New York "An inventive--if brooding, strange and creepy--adventure in literary terror. Think Edgar Allan Poe and Stephen King meet Guillermo del Toro as channeled by Klaus Kinski." -- Kirkus Reviews "Expands from a seemingly straightforward mystery into a multifaceted, densely byzantine exploration of much larger issues . . . Into this mazelike world of dead ends and false leads, McGrath ventures with his two, much younger helpers, Nora and Hopper, brilliantly portrayed Holmesian 'irregulars' who may finally understand more about Ashley than their mentor, whose linear approach to fact finding might miss the point entirely." -- Booklist (starred review) Praise for Special Topics in Calamity Physics "A whirling, glittering, multifaceted marvel . . . an irrepressibly smart and flamboyant new voice." -- The New York Times "Pessl's talent for verbal acrobatics keeps the pages flipping." -- USA Today "[A] blockbuster debut." -- People (Critic's Choice) From the Trade Paperback edition.
