Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You

Authors: Cameron, Peter
Lexile: 1010,
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN: 9781429927130,
Classification: Fiction
Number of pages: 157,
Synopsis:

“His best work--it's terrific, piercing, and funny. The novel demonstrates every kind of strength.” —David Lipsky, The New York Times Book Review

“James Sveck is a brilliant wit of a character whose voice will echo long after his story ends.” —Kristin Kloberdanz, Chicago Tribune

“Deliciously vital right from the start . . . a piece of vocal virtuosity and possibly Cameron's best book . . . It is a bravura performance, and Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You is a stunning little book. ” —Lorrie Moore, The New York Review of Books

“Cameron's prose handily marries the tangled logic of adolescence to simple, beautiful language.” —Peter Terzian, Newsday

“Beautifully conceived and written . . . funny, sad, tender, and sophisticated.” —Michael Cart, Booklist

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