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How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship & Musical Theater (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780767918541)
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xA deliciously funny romp of a novel about one overly theatrical and sexually confused New Jersey teenager's larcenous quest for his acting school tuition.
It's 1983 in Wallingford, New Jersey, a sleepy bedroom community outside of Manhattan. Seventeen-year-old Edward Zanni, a feckless Ferris Bueller-type, is Peter Panning his way through a carefree summer of magic and mischief. The fun comes to a halt, however, when Edward's father remarries and refuses to pay for Edward to study acting at Juilliard. Edward's truly in a bind. He's ineligible for scholarships because his father earns too much. He's unable to contact his mother because she's somewhere in Peru trying to commune with Incan spirits. And, as a sure sign he's destined for a life in the arts, Edward's incapable of holding down a job. So he turns to his loyal (but immoral) misfit friends to help him steal the tuition money from his father, all the while practicing for his high school performance of Grease. Disguising themselves as nuns and priests, they merrily scheme their way through embezzlement, money laundering, identity theft, forgery, and blackmail. But, along the way, Edward also learns the value of friendship, hard work, and how you're not really a man until you can beat up your father--metaphorically, that is. How I Paid for College is a farcical coming-of-age story that combines the first-person tone of David Sedaris with the byzantine plot twists of Armistead Maupin. It is a novel for anyone who has ever had a dream or a scheme, and it marks the introduction to an original and audacious talent.
Author: Marc Acito
ISBN-10: 0767918541
ISBN-13: 9780767918541
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Language: English
Published: 08/02/2005
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.47lbs
Size: 7.94h x 5.24w x 0.63d
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.9
Point Value: 15
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 105350 / How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship, & Musical Theater
Review Citation(s):
Ingram Advance 08/01/2005 pg. 41
New York Times 09/11/2005 pg. 32
It's 1983 in Wallingford, New Jersey, a sleepy bedroom community outside of Manhattan. Seventeen-year-old Edward Zanni, a feckless Ferris Bueller-type, is Peter Panning his way through a carefree summer of magic and mischief. The fun comes to a halt, however, when Edward's father remarries and refuses to pay for Edward to study acting at Juilliard. Edward's truly in a bind. He's ineligible for scholarships because his father earns too much. He's unable to contact his mother because she's somewhere in Peru trying to commune with Incan spirits. And, as a sure sign he's destined for a life in the arts, Edward's incapable of holding down a job. So he turns to his loyal (but immoral) misfit friends to help him steal the tuition money from his father, all the while practicing for his high school performance of Grease. Disguising themselves as nuns and priests, they merrily scheme their way through embezzlement, money laundering, identity theft, forgery, and blackmail. But, along the way, Edward also learns the value of friendship, hard work, and how you're not really a man until you can beat up your father--metaphorically, that is. How I Paid for College is a farcical coming-of-age story that combines the first-person tone of David Sedaris with the byzantine plot twists of Armistead Maupin. It is a novel for anyone who has ever had a dream or a scheme, and it marks the introduction to an original and audacious talent.
Author: Marc Acito
ISBN-10: 0767918541
ISBN-13: 9780767918541
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Language: English
Published: 08/02/2005
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.47lbs
Size: 7.94h x 5.24w x 0.63d
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.9
Point Value: 15
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 105350 / How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship, & Musical Theater
Review Citation(s):
Ingram Advance 08/01/2005 pg. 41
New York Times 09/11/2005 pg. 32
By Marc Acito
xHailed as the "gay Dave Barry," Marc Acito is a syndicated humorist, whose column, "The Gospel According to Marc," appears in nineteen newspapers, including the Chicago Free Press and Outword-Los Angeles. After being kicked out of one of the finest drama schools in the country, he went on to sing roles with major opera companies, including Seattle Opera. He lives in Portland, Oregon. His website is www.MarcAcito.com
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