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Scottish-born Dayton Callie (Deadwood's lovable Charlie Utter) is working both sides of the law as morally conflicted Charming, Calif. cop Wayne Unser, and his old saloon-loving pal Robin "Calamity Jane" Weigert has bellied up to a different kind of bar as SAMCRO's attorney.
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I have not read, nor do I intend to read, Marisha Pessl's Special Topics in Calamity Physics, so this post is only tangentially related to that book.
Style in Fiction 2009
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Special Topics in Calamity Physics is your first novel.
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Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl and that all sounds a bit better.
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Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl and that all sounds a bit better.
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Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl and that all sounds a bit better.
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Her debut novel, "Special Topics in Calamity Physics," is out in hardcover, soon in paperback.
Archive 2007-01-01 xtra 2007
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I'll try and read Special Topics in Calamity Physics after I finish, coincidentally, Austerlitz.
August 2006 2006
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While Special Topics in Calamity Physics seems prepackaged for bestsellerdom, I'm much more curious about what this talented writer will do next.
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Special Topics in Calamity Physics is a darkly hilarious coming-of-age novel and a richly plotted suspense tale told through the distinctive voice of its heroine, Blue van Meer.
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