Nothing special : a novel
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Adult Fiction - South Wing Basement
Flattery
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Flattery
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Book
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230 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
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New York City, 1966. Seventeen-year-old Mae lives in a rundown apartment with her alcoholic mother and her mother's sometimes-boyfriend, Mikey. She is turned off by the petty girls at her high school, and the sleazy men she typically meets. When she drops out, she is presented with a job offer that will remake her world entirely: she is hired as a typist for the artist Andy Warhol. Warhol is composing an unconventional novel by recording the conversations and experiences of his many famous and alluring friends. Tasked with transcribing these tapes alongside several other girls, Mae quickly befriends Shelley and the two of them embark on a surreal adventure at the fringes of the countercultural movement. Going to parties together, exploring their womanhood and sexuality, this should be the most enlivening experience of Mae's life. But as she grows increasingly obsessed with the tapes and numb to her own reality, Mae must grapple with the thin line between art and voyeurism and determine how she can remain her own person as the tide of the sixties sweeps over her.,Provided by publisher.
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LC Subjects
Artists -- Fiction.
Counterculture -- Fiction.
Female friendship -- Fiction.
High school dropouts -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Novels.
Psychological fiction.
Secrecy -- Fiction.
Teenage girls -- Fiction.
Typists -- Fiction.
Voyeurism -- Fiction.
Warhol, Andy, -- 1928-1987 -- Fiction.
Counterculture -- Fiction.
Female friendship -- Fiction.
High school dropouts -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Novels.
Psychological fiction.
Secrecy -- Fiction.
Teenage girls -- Fiction.
Typists -- Fiction.
Voyeurism -- Fiction.
Warhol, Andy, -- 1928-1987 -- Fiction.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Flattery, N. (2023). Nothing special: a novel . Bloomsbury Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Flattery, Nicole. 2023. Nothing Special: A Novel. Bloomsbury Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Flattery, Nicole. Nothing Special: A Novel Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Flattery, Nicole. Nothing Special: A Novel Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023.
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