Mermaids in Paradise
Lydia Millet
(Author)
21,000+ Reviews
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Description
In this "comic masterpiece" (Salon), 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. Mermaids in Paradise 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.
Product Details
Price
$15.95
$14.83
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Publish Date
October 13, 2015
Pages
304
Dimensions
5.5 X 8.2 X 0.7 inches | 0.5 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780393351729
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Lydia Millet is the author of A Children's Bible, a finalist for the National Book Award and a New York Times Top Ten book of the Year. Her story collection Love in Infant Monkeys was a Pulitzer Prize finalist. She holds a master's degree in environmental economics and works at the Center for Biological Diversity.
Reviews
A writer without limits, always surprising, always hilarious.--Karen Russell, author of Swamplandia! and Orange World and Other Stories
Mermaids in Paradise 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
[A] deft satire.--Melissa Maerz "Entertainment Weekly"
Lydia Millet is the American writer with the funniest, wisest grasp on how we fool ourselves.--Charles Finch "Chicago Tribune"
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"
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"
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"
A hilarious genre-bender that strikes some serious chords.--Jane Ciabattari "BBC"
[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)"
With equal parts calculated wryness and pleading earnestness, [Millet] delivers a thrilling piece of fabulist fiction.-- "Publishers Weekly (starred review)"
Mermaids in Paradise 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
[A] deft satire.--Melissa Maerz "Entertainment Weekly"
Lydia Millet is the American writer with the funniest, wisest grasp on how we fool ourselves.--Charles Finch "Chicago Tribune"
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"
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"
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"
A hilarious genre-bender that strikes some serious chords.--Jane Ciabattari "BBC"
[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)"
With equal parts calculated wryness and pleading earnestness, [Millet] delivers a thrilling piece of fabulist fiction.-- "Publishers Weekly (starred review)"