Mermaids in Paradise - by Lydia Millet (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Hilariously funny...Lydia Millet's novels raise the bar for boldness. --Rene Steinke, <em>New York Times Book Review</em><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>In this "comic masterpiece" (<em>Salon</em>), honeymooners Deb and Chip--our opinionated, skeptical narrator and her cheerful jock husband--befriend a marine biologist who discovers mermaids in a coral reef. As a resort chain swoops in to exploit the shy creatures, the newlyweds unite with other adventurous vacationers to stop the company from turning the reef into a theme park. <em>Mermaids in Paradise</em> is Lydia Millet's most fun book yet, tempering the sharp satire of her early career with the empathy and subtlety of her more recent novels and short stories.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><em>Mermaids in Paradise</em> 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 and Weather<br><br>[A] deft satire.--Melissa Maerz "Entertainment Weekly"<br><br>[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)"<br><br>A hilarious genre-bender that strikes some serious chords.--Jane Ciabattari "BBC"<br><br>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"<br><br>Lydia Millet is the American writer with the funniest, wisest grasp on how we fool ourselves.--Charles Finch "Chicago Tribune"<br><br>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"<br><br>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"<br><br>With equal parts calculated wryness and pleading earnestness, [Millet] delivers a thrilling piece of fabulist fiction.-- "Publishers Weekly (starred review)"<br><br>A writer without limits, always surprising, always hilarious.--Karen Russell, author of Swamplandia! and Orange World and Other Stories<br>
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