Waiting on Wednesday: You Killed Wesley Payne
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.
This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is:
You Killed Wesley Payne by Sean Beaudoin
Publication date: 2/1/11, Little Brown Books for Young Readers
Summary:
He's come to do a job.
A job that involves a body.
A body wrapped in duct tape found hanging from the goal posts at the end of the football field.
You Killed Wesley Payne is a truly original and darkly hilarious update of classic pulp-noir, in which hard-boiled seventeen year-old Dalton Rev transfers to the mean hallways of Salt River High to take on the toughest case of his life. The question isn't whether Dalton's going to get paid. He always gets paid. Or whether he's gonna get the girl. He always (sometimes) gets the girl. The real question is whether Dalton Rev can outwit crooked cops and killer cliques in time to solve the mystery of "The Body" before it solves him.
Sean Beaudoin (Going Nowhere Faster, Fade to Blue) evokes the distinctive voices of legendary crime/noir authors Dashiell Hammett and Jim Thompson with a little bit of Mean Girls and Heathers throwin in for good measure. This smart, slick, and alluring detective novel that will tease you, thrill you, and suck you in.
A job that involves a body.
A body wrapped in duct tape found hanging from the goal posts at the end of the football field.
You Killed Wesley Payne is a truly original and darkly hilarious update of classic pulp-noir, in which hard-boiled seventeen year-old Dalton Rev transfers to the mean hallways of Salt River High to take on the toughest case of his life. The question isn't whether Dalton's going to get paid. He always gets paid. Or whether he's gonna get the girl. He always (sometimes) gets the girl. The real question is whether Dalton Rev can outwit crooked cops and killer cliques in time to solve the mystery of "The Body" before it solves him.
Sean Beaudoin (Going Nowhere Faster, Fade to Blue) evokes the distinctive voices of legendary crime/noir authors Dashiell Hammett and Jim Thompson with a little bit of Mean Girls and Heathers throwin in for good measure. This smart, slick, and alluring detective novel that will tease you, thrill you, and suck you in.
Thoughts:
As soon as I saw the title and cover I knew I had to find out what this book was about. OMG I'm glad I read the summary because this totally sounds like a Sharon book. A bit of neo-noir with a mix of Heathers and Mean Girls! Oh yes, that is a Sharon book. Seriously I love film noir and Heathers is one of my favorite 80s movies. I will probably be drooling over this book until it comes out on February first. Hopefully the book review gods will send my a copy before then.
In the meantime here are some of my favorite Heathers quotes:
- It's one thing to want someone out of your life, but it's another thing to serve them a wake-up cup full of liquid drainer.
- Grow up Heather, bulimia's so '87.
- Betty Finn was a true friend and I sold her out for a bunch of Swatch dogs and Diet Coke heads. Killing Heather would be like offing the wicked witch of the west... wait east. West! God! I sound like a fucking psycho.
- Well, fuck me gently with a chainsaw. Do I look like Mother Theresa?
- If you were happy every day of your life, you wouldn't be a human being; you'd be a game show host.
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