5/9/2023 0 Comments Marisha pessl neverworld![]() ![]() ![]() First of all, it’s geared toward young adults, but it also has a bit of a fantasy element. This book is different from what you’ve written before. Here, Pessl talks to T&C about creating Neverworld’s dark and disturbing world, how it’s different than the books she’s written before, and why prep school makes for a decidedly terrifying setting. ![]() Set among a group of boarding school friends-or former friends a classmate’s untimely death has made things a bit awkward-in tony Watch Hill, Rhode Island, the book explores what can happen when you have every opportunity to learn the truth, but doing so can be fatal. Her latest effort, Neverworld Wake, might be geared toward a younger audience that either of her first two books but it has all the hallmarks that made both so remarkable. Her next novel, the brainy, delectable horror-tinged Night Film delved into the secrets of a world-famous filmmaker after the mysterious death of his daughter and cemented Pessl’s reputation as not only a masterful novelist but a stylish one to boot. The book, which followed a young girl maneuvering an erudite, perhaps dangerous high-school experience, won literary prizes and became a New York Times bestseller. When Marisha Pessl released her first novel, Special Topics in Calamity Physics, in 2004, it put her on the map as one of the most exciting authors working in fiction. ![]()
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