Elliot Allagash
Simon Rich
Elliot Allagash
Manipulative like Cruel Intentions, malicious like Heathers, competitive like Election, inept like Napoleon Dynamite, Elliot Allagash proves that everyone has a price.
3.5 out of 5 based on 5 reviews
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Omniscore:
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| Classification |
Fiction |
| Genre |
General Fiction, Children's & Teenage |
| Format |
Paperback |
| Pages |
224 |
| RRP |
£9.99 |
| Date of Publication |
August 2010 |
| ISBN |
978-1846687549 |
| Publisher |
Serpent's Tail |
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Reviews
The Guardian
Alex Rayner
“The novel is assured, deft in its rendering of teen relationships and, perhaps more remarkably, funny without resorting to the kind of gross-out humour common in this sort of setting. All laughs and no barfs, it's a breezy read.”
08/07/2011
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The Daily Mail
Tom Cox
“The plot is like that of the greatest film John Hughes never made: less Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, more Ferris Bueller’s Adolescence Off ... Peppered with riotous teen angst - and effortlessly readable - this is a novel that one consumes like a pleasantly tangy packet of crisps.”
24/06/2011
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The Financial Times
Adrian Turpin
“This satire on ambition and filthy lucre is not particularly original; despite its geek-chic sheen, a conventional heart beats at its core. But that doesn’t stop it being the most enjoyable classroom comedy since Tom Perrotta’s Election, and one that cries out to be made into a movie.”
13/09/2010
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The New York Times
Tom de Haven
“If I were in the eighth grade, I’m pretty sure I’d love Simon Rich’s first novel, “Elliot Allagash.” I might even press it on my friends. (“It’s about this 13-year-old evil genius who does whatever he wants because he’s, like, a billionaire. And it’s funny. And short.”) But since more than 45 years have passed since I took up space in a middle school, I simply like it, very much — while wishing this flippant little parable about the puerility of greed had a deeper, sharper bite.”
28/05/2010
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The New York Times
Larry Doyle
“Mr. Rich’s novel is largely episodic and digressive, all of which would be more bothersome if the individual bits weren’t so clever and fun.”
14/06/2010
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