Tampa Contributor(s): Nutting, Alissa (Author) |
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ISBN: 0062280589 ISBN-13: 9780062280589 Publisher: Ecco Press OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Psychological - Fiction | Women - Fiction | Literary |
Dewey: FIC |
Physical Information: 0.66" H x 5.33" W x 8.08" (0.45 lbs) 272 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Geographic Orientation - Florida - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Locality - Tampa-St. Peters.-Clearwtr, FL |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: "In this sly and salacious work, Nutting forces us to take a long, unflinching look at a deeply disturbed mind, and more significantly, at society's often troubling relationship with female beauty." -San Francisco Chronicle In Alissa Nutting's novel Tampa, Celeste Price, a smoldering 26-year-old middle-school teacher in Florida, unrepentantly recounts her elaborate and sociopathically determined seduction of a 14-year-old student. |
Contributor Bio(s): Nutting, Alissa: - Alissa Nutting is an assistant professor of English at Grinnell College. She is the author of the story collection Unclean Jobs for Women and Girls, as well as the novel Tampa. |