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Happy Baby by Elliott, Stephen
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Weight
- 0 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 9780312424497
- Book Title
- Happy Baby
- Publisher
- Picador
- Item Length
- 8.5 in
- Publication Year
- 2005
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.5 in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Psychological, Literary, Romance / General
- Item Weight
- 9.6 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 208 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Picador
ISBN-10
0312424493
ISBN-13
9780312424497
eBay Product ID (ePID)
43398956
Product Key Features
Book Title
Happy Baby
Number of Pages
208 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Psychological, Literary, Romance / General
Publication Year
2005
Genre
Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
9.6 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2004-057251
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
By telling his story backward, Elliott puts us in a...position of wanting to know/dreading the knowledge, and it's a graceful strategy that gives Happy Baby its unique veracity and humane edge. It also allows the narrative to transcend the shocking details of Theo's life, which Elliott reveals in quick verbal jabs that pepper his otherwise tightly wound prose., A most impressive little novel, heartbreakingly and bewilderingly alive in a way most bigger books can't even imagine., Happy Baby is surely the most intelligent and beautiful book ever written about juvenile detention centers, sadomasochism, and drugs.... Theo could appear freakish; but he is so fully drawn, and so honest about himself, that he seems touchingly normal...Heartbreaking., "A most impressive little novel, heartbreakingly and bewilderingly alive in a way most bigger books can't even imagine." -- Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com " Happy Baby is surely the most intelligent and beautiful book ever written about juvenile detention centers, sadomasochism, and drugs.... Theo could appear freakish; but he is so fully drawn, and so honest about himself, that he seems touchingly normal...Heartbreaking." -- The New York Times Book Review "By telling his story backward, Elliott puts us in a...position of wanting to know/dreading the knowledge, and it's a graceful strategy that gives Happy Baby its unique veracity and humane edge. It also allows the narrative to transcend the shocking details of Theo's life, which Elliott reveals in quick verbal jabs that pepper his otherwise tightly wound prose." -- The Village Voice, "A most impressive little novel, heartbreakingly and bewilderingly alive in a way most bigger books can't even imagine."--Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com "Happy Baby is surely the most intelligent and beautiful book ever written about juvenile detention centers, sadomasochism, and drugs.... Theo could appear freakish; but he is so fully drawn, and so honest about himself, that he seems touchingly normal...Heartbreaking."--The New York Times Book Review "By telling his story backward, Elliott puts us in a...position of wanting to know/dreading the knowledge, and it's a graceful strategy that gives Happy Baby its unique veracity and humane edge. It also allows the narrative to transcend the shocking details of Theo's life, which Elliott reveals in quick verbal jabs that pepper his otherwise tightly wound prose."--The Village Voice, "A most impressive little novel, heartbreakingly and bewilderingly alive in a way most bigger books can't even imagine."--Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com " Happy Baby is surely the most intelligent and beautiful book ever written about juvenile detention centers, sadomasochism, and drugs.... Theo could appear freakish; but he is so fully drawn, and so honest about himself, that he seems touchingly normal...Heartbreaking."-- The New York Times Book Review "By telling his story backward, Elliott puts us in a...position of wanting to know/dreading the knowledge, and it's a graceful strategy that gives Happy Baby its unique veracity and humane edge. It also allows the narrative to transcend the shocking details of Theo's life, which Elliott reveals in quick verbal jabs that pepper his otherwise tightly wound prose."-- The Village Voice
Dewey Decimal
813.6
Synopsis
Happy Baby is the story of Theo, once an orphan in the Chicago foster care system and now a grown man living in California. Theo, saturated with memories of abuse and heartache, and filled with the simple wish to understand more about himself, returns to Chicago to reconnect with an old girlfriend from his troubled youth. Told in reverse order, this edgy and powerful novel slowly and subtly turns mysterious, as we attempt to recognize the root of Theo's plight and the source for his quietly wavering humanity.
LC Classification Number
PS3605.L46H37 2005
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