Special Topics in Calamity Physics

Synopsis

The mesmerizing bestseller that combines the storytelling gifts of donna tartt and the suspense of alfred hitchcock—a new york times ten best book of the yearspecial topics in calamity physics is a darkly hilarious coming-of-age tale and a richly plotted suspense story, told with dazzling intelligence and wit. At the center of the novel is clever, deadpan blue van meer, who has a head full of literary, philosophical, scientific, and cinematic knowledge. But she could use some friends. Upon entering the elite st. Gallway school, she finds some—a clique of eccentrics known as the bluebloods.