Twelve

Twelve

by NickMcDonell (Author)

Synopsis

'The hype is all true' Sunday Telegraph Nick McDonell's electrifying novel tells the story of a fictional drug called Twelve and its devastating effects on the beautiful rich and desperate poor of New York City.From page one, this novel pulsates towards its apocalyptic climax. Twelve is cool, cruel and utterly compulsive. 'Bret Easton Ellis territory...an extraordinary assured debut' Harper & Queen 'McDonell is an authentic talent and, long after the storms of hype have died away, his novel will endure as a snapshot of his generation' Observer 'Consistently brilliant...One of the most exciting new writers around' Independent on Sunday 'A brilliant satirical debut' Time Out 'A compulsive elegy to wasted, privileged youth, lives up to the hype...lean, elegant and bleakly witty' Elle

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Edition: Main
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Published: 15 May 2003

ISBN 10: 184354072X
ISBN 13: 9781843540724
Book Overview: In B format, in a new livery, the hungrily awaited paperback of Nick McDonell's sensational best-seller, 'as fast as speed, as relentless as acid'(Michiko Kakutani, New York Times)

Media Reviews
'Consistently brilliant. Every subtle, thought-provoking poetic moment in this novel fits on top of the last, creating a narrative as precarious and complex as a tower of building blocks. But this tower doesn't fall... One of the most exciting new writers around' -- Scarlett Thomas * Independent on Sunday *
'A small masterpiece' -- Germaine Greer * BBC Newsnight Review *
Nick McDonell is the real thing... I'm afraid that he will do for his generation what I did for mine. * Hunter S. Thompson *
'Twelve is sleek, seductive, tightens like a vice' * Uncut *
Author Bio
Nick McDonell is eighteen years old and was born in New York City. He attends HarvardUniversity.