5/19/2023 0 Comments Marisha pessl neverworld![]() ![]() None of them speak about Jim’s mysterious death, and the drunken and awkward evening comes to an abrupt end as the five almost crash on the way home from a bar. The three men are Cannon, a genius programmer, southern charmer Kipling, and the ghost of Jim. There is rich and troubled Whitley, and the abrasive and brilliant Martha. One summer night, Bee is invited to join her old circle of friends for a birthday celebration. Jim’s death shapes Bee’s life, and she is trapped in her memories. The rest of the group has moved on with their lives, while Beatrice helps out at her family’s seaside restaurant. In Neverworld, each time they repeat a day, the world around them rots and sprouts mildew.īeatrice Hartley hasn’t seen her boarding school friends in a year, ever since her boyfriend Jim was found dead near their New England campus. It’s a literary Groundhog Day, but a world in which there is no Buddhist undertone of acceptance. Time stops in Neverworld, and traps five former high school friends in an uncomfortable and seemingly permanent reunion. The airport gate was a perfect setting to read Marisha Pessl’s phenomenal new novel, Neverworld Wake. Time itself is relative as the only time that matters is your ETD. You’re on hold and time stops as you sit inside a pause. In an airport, your old life vanishes temporarily as you wait to board a plane to somewhere else. ![]()
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