Mermaids in Paradise by Lydia Millet
Mermaids, kidnappers, and mercenaries hijack a tropical vacation in this genre-bending sendup of the American honeymoon.
Millet, with her keen sense of the absurd, brings the book to a surprising conclusion, and makes a point about corporate greed and the destruction of the environment without being heavy-handed-- Moira Hodgson - Wall Street Journal
I laughed so hard all over town...leave it to Lydia Millet to capsize her human characters in aquamarine waters and upstage their honeymoon with mermaids. I am awed to know there's a mind like Millet's out there-she's a writer without limits, always surprising, always hilarious. -- Karen Russell, author of Swamplandia! and Vampires in the Lemon Grove
Mermaids in Paradise makes brilliant comedy out of a honeymoon trip that veers from the absurd to the sublime and back again. Lydia Millet is a stone-cold genius. -- Jenny Offill, author of Dept. of Speculation
[A] laser-focused satire... The novel has the shape and pace of a thriller... An admirable example of a funny novel with a serious message that works swimmingly. Dive in. -- Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review
With equal parts calculated wryness and pleading earnestness, [Millet] delivers a thrilling piece of fabulist fiction. -- Publishers Weekly, Starred review
A hilarious genre-bender that strikes some serious chords. -- Jane Ciabattari - BBC.com
Suspenseful, philosophical, and tropical-the funniest you'll ever read on ecotourism and the wisest you'll ever read on mermaids. -- Natalie Beach - O Magazine
[A] deft satire... Millet ramps up the suspense. -- Melissa Maerz - Entertainment Weekly
A romp with sharp teeth... a slapstick variation on Millet's abiding theme: the relationship between human beings and the natural world. -- Laura Miller - Salon
Now that David Foster Wallace is gone, I think Lydia Millet is the American writer with the funniest, wisest grasp on how we fool ourselves... she has as good a chance as anyone to write the novel that defines our time. -- Charles Finch - Chicago Tribune
I laughed so hard all over town...leave it to Lydia Millet to capsize her human characters in aquamarine waters and upstage their honeymoon with mermaids. I am awed to know there's a mind like Millet's out there-she's a writer without limits, always surprising, always hilarious. -- Karen Russell, author of Swamplandia! and Vampires in the Lemon Grove
Mermaids in Paradise makes brilliant comedy out of a honeymoon trip that veers from the absurd to the sublime and back again. Lydia Millet is a stone-cold genius. -- Jenny Offill, author of Dept. of Speculation
[A] laser-focused satire... The novel has the shape and pace of a thriller... An admirable example of a funny novel with a serious message that works swimmingly. Dive in. -- Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review
With equal parts calculated wryness and pleading earnestness, [Millet] delivers a thrilling piece of fabulist fiction. -- Publishers Weekly, Starred review
A hilarious genre-bender that strikes some serious chords. -- Jane Ciabattari - BBC.com
Suspenseful, philosophical, and tropical-the funniest you'll ever read on ecotourism and the wisest you'll ever read on mermaids. -- Natalie Beach - O Magazine
[A] deft satire... Millet ramps up the suspense. -- Melissa Maerz - Entertainment Weekly
A romp with sharp teeth... a slapstick variation on Millet's abiding theme: the relationship between human beings and the natural world. -- Laura Miller - Salon
Now that David Foster Wallace is gone, I think Lydia Millet is the American writer with the funniest, wisest grasp on how we fool ourselves... she has as good a chance as anyone to write the novel that defines our time. -- Charles Finch - Chicago Tribune
Lydia Millet is the author of A Children’s Bible, a finalist for the National Book Award and a New York Times “10 Best Books” of the year. Her first collection of short fiction, Love in Infant Monkeys, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. She works at the Center for Biological Diversity and lives outside Tucson, Arizona.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780393245622 |
| ISBN 10 | 0393245624 |
| Title | Mermaids in Paradise |
| Author | Lydia Millet |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Year published | 2014-10-24 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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