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PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100307473120
ISBN-139780307473127
eBay Product ID (ePID)71906003
Product Key Features
Book TitleUndiscovered Gyrl : the Novel That Inspired the Movie Ask Me Anything
Number of Pages304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2009
TopicContemporary Women, Coming of Age, Humorous / General, Media Tie-In
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction
AuthorAllison Burnett
Book SeriesVintage Contemporaries Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight9.7 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2009-006812
Reviews"[Katie's] raw, young voice describing the sordid situations she finds herself inseeks out, reallyis authentic teenage girl. . . . Intensely self-aware, angry, alienated and filled with teenage narcissism and pain. . . . When the ending kicks in with a twist . . . it forces you to realize you lost yourself in the plot and character and read for pleasure. This makes you complicit in the consequences, turns you into a reader, yes, but also into one of Katie's voyeurs." Los Angeles Times "Allison Burnett has magically brewed an addictive elixir. Blogging, self-absorption, and bad behavior slowly build into a touching and deeply moving narrative, yet Burnett chooses to serve this concoction unadorned, a shot of vodkaall the better to feel the ending's burn. If you've ever been tempted to dismiss the next generation, read this book ." Amanda Boyden, author of Pretty Little Dirty and Babylon Rolling "Imagine an 18-year-old Lolita, updated to the 21st century, blogging her own provocative adventures. By turns charming and crude, disturbingly reckless and achingly tender, Undiscovered Gyrl seduces you into her downy arms, locks her long legs around your waist and doesn't let go. Shot through with teenage yearning for 'true love,' each page vibrates with the quicksilver spirit of youth. As we follow the narrator on her ever-darkening journey, questions arise about voyeurism and identity in an age of cyber-anonymity. Allison Burnett's masterful page-turner lingers long after the last page." Rachel Resnick, author of Love Junkie From the Trade Paperback edition., "Imagine an 18-year-old Lolita, updated to the 21st century, blogging her own provocative adventures. By turns charming and crude, disturbingly reckless and achingly tender,Undiscovered Gyrlseduces you into her downy arms, locks her long legs around your waist and doesn't let go. Shot through with teenage yearning for 'true love,' each page vibrates with the quicksilver spirit of youth. As we follow the narrator on her ever-darkening journey, questions arise about voyeurism and identity in an age of cyber-anonymity. Allison Burnett's masterful page-turner lingers long after the last page." -Rachel Resnick, author ofLove Junkie From the Trade Paperback edition., "[Katie's] raw, young voice describing the sordid situations she finds herself inseeks out, reallyis authentic teenage girl. . . . Intensely self-aware, angry, alienated and filled with teenage narcissism and pain. . . . When the ending kicks in with a twist . . . it forces you to realize you lost yourself in the plot and character and read for pleasure. This makes you complicit in the consequences, turns you into a reader, yes, but also into one of Katie's voyeurs." Los Angeles Times "Allison Burnett has magically brewed an addictive elixir. Blogging, self-absorption, and bad behavior slowly build into a touching and deeply moving narrative, yet Burnett chooses to serve this concoction unadorned, a shot of vodkaall the better to feel the ending's burn. If you've ever been tempted to dismiss the next generation,read this book." -Amanda Boyden, author ofPretty Little DirtyandBabylon Rolling "Imagine an 18-year-old Lolita, updated to the 21st century, blogging her own provocative adventures. By turns charming and crude, disturbingly reckless and achingly tender,Undiscovered Gyrlseduces you into her downy arms, locks her long legs around your waist and doesn't let go. Shot through with teenage yearning for 'true love,' each page vibrates with the quicksilver spirit of youth. As we follow the narrator on her ever-darkening journey, questions arise about voyeurism and identity in an age of cyber-anonymity. Allison Burnett's masterful page-turner lingers long after the last page." -Rachel Resnick, author ofLove Junkie, "[Katie's] raw, young voice describing the sordid situations she finds herself inseeks out, reallyis authentic teenage girl. . . . Intensely self-aware, angry, alienated and filled with teenage narcissism and pain. . . . When the ending kicks in with a twist . . . it forces you to realize you lost yourself in the plot and character and read for pleasure. This makes you complicit in the consequences, turns you into a reader, yes, but also into one of Katie's voyeurs." Los Angeles Times "Allison Burnett has magically brewed an addictive elixir. Blogging, self-absorption, and bad behavior slowly build into a touching and deeply moving narrative, yet Burnett chooses to serve this concoction unadorned, a shot of vodkaall the better to feel the ending's burn. If you've ever been tempted to dismiss the next generation, read this book ." -Amanda Boyden, author of Pretty Little Dirty and Babylon Rolling "Imagine an 18-year-old Lolita, updated to the 21st century, blogging her own provocative adventures. By turns charming and crude, disturbingly reckless and achingly tender, Undiscovered Gyrl seduces you into her downy arms, locks her long legs around your waist and doesn't let go. Shot through with teenage yearning for 'true love,' each page vibrates with the quicksilver spirit of youth. As we follow the narrator on her ever-darkening journey, questions arise about voyeurism and identity in an age of cyber-anonymity. Allison Burnett's masterful page-turner lingers long after the last page." -Rachel Resnick, author of Love Junkie
Dewey Edition22
Dewey DecimalFIC
SynopsisBeautiful, wild, funny, and lost, Katie Kampenfelt is taking a year off before college to find her passion. Ambitious in her own way, Katie intends to do more than just smoke weed with her boyfriend, Rory, and work at the bookstore. She plans to seduce Dan, a thirty-two-year-old film professor. Katie chronicles her adventures in an anonymous blog, telling strangers her innermost desires, shames, and thrills. But when Dan stops taking her calls, when her alcoholic father suffers a terrible fall, and when she finds herself drawn into a dangerous new relationship, Katie's fearless narrative begins to crack, and dark pieces of her past emerge. Sexually frank, often heartbreaking, and bursting with devilish humor, Undiscovered Gyrl is an extraordinarily accomplished novel of identity, voyeurism, and deceit. "Imagine an 18-year-old Lolita, updated for the 21st century, blogging her own provocative adventures. By turns charming and crude, disturbingly reckless and achingly tender, Undiscovered Gyrl seduces you into her downy arms, locks her long legs around your waist, and doesn't let go."- Rachel Resnick, author of Love Junkie, Beautiful, wild, funny, and lost, Katie Kampenfelt is taking a year off before college to find her passion. Ambitious in her own way, Katie intends to do more than just smoke weed with her boyfriend, Rory, and work at the bookstore. She plans to seduce Dan, a thirty-two-year-old film professor. Katie chronicles her adventures in an anonymous blog, telling strangers her innermost desires, shames, and thrills. But when Dan stops taking her calls, when her alcoholic father suffers a terrible fall, and when she finds herself drawn into a dangerous new relationship, Katie's fearless narrative begins to crack, and dark pieces of her past emerge. Sexually frank, often heartbreaking, and bursting with devilish humor, Undiscovered Gyrl is an extraordinarily accomplished novel of identity, voyeurism, and deceit. "Imagine an 18-year-old Lolita, updated for the 21st century, blogging her own provocative adventures. By turns charming and crude, disturbingly reckless and achingly tender, Undiscovered Gyrl seduces you into her downy arms, locks her long legs around your waist, and doesn't let go." -- Rachel Resnick, author of Love Junkie, An extraordinarily accomplished novel of a young woman trying to control the complicated world around her. Sexually frank, mesmerizing and bursting with devlish humour.
LC Classification NumberPS3602.U763U63 2009
