Synopses & Reviews
Denis Cooverman didn't want to give a typical graduation speech, cherishing memories and embracing challenges and crap. So, instead, he stood up in front of his 512 class-mates and their 3,000 relatives and said some-thing really important:
I love you, Beth Cooper.
It would have been such a sweet, romantic moment. Except that:
Beth, the head cheerleader, has only the vaguest idea who Denis is.
And Denis, the captain of the debate team, is so far out of her league he is barely even the same species.
And then there's Kevin, Beth's remarkably large boyfriend, in town on furlough from the United States Army.
Complications ensue.
Denis comes of age overnight in this exhilar-ating, endearing novel that reminds us why we can't wait to escape high school but can never leave it behind.
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“Gleefully clever and adroitly sweet.” USA Today
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“A smart, incredibly funny pastiche…Doyles writing is fast-paced and full of self-aware nods to the audience.” Houston Press - Blogs
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“…hilarious coming-of-age novel…” Rocky Mountain News
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“...a demonstration of the power of good comic writing…” Weekly Standard
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One of the “best comedy books of the summer.” Time Out Chicago
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“Its all outlandish fun, but what do you expect from a former Simpsons writer?” Daily Candy Los Angeles
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“...darn funny.” Salt Lake City Tribune
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“...a one-night-only joyride through Larry Doyles brilliant sense of humor.” David Schickler, author of SWEET AND VICIOUS and KISSING IN MANHATTAN
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“…hilarious high school romp... never ceases to charm...unlike, say, PE.” E! Online - Cool Stuff
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“...a romp, a goof, a wedgie to the coming-of-age novel... the book is blessed release.” Cleveland Plain Dealer
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“…this book is laugh-out-loud funny…” John Searles, NBC Weekend Today Show
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“...humorously addresses the agony and ecstasy of adolescence. Its high-school hell…Doyle has the scene down cold.” Kirkus Reviews
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“Hip and hysterical...a fun, teen coming-of-age story.” Buffalo News
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“Hilarious, suspenseful, and a little good-kind-of-sad, the novel is a mashup of John Hughes movies. Blueprint Magazine
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“...an instant classic, right up there with great end-of-school landmarks like American Graffiti and Dazed and Confused.” Tom Perrotta, bestselling author of LITTLE CHILDREN
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“Larry Doyle has created a perfect literary hot fudge sundae: sweet, naughty, delicious, irresistible.” Kurt Andersen
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“…the book is great... dark, absurdist, insanely funny send-up of a John Hughes movie…Buy it.” New York magazine
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“If this book doesnt make you laugh out loud, something is wrong with you.” Dave Barry
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“Larry Doyle…gives a 21st-century gloss to this familiar tale… wickedly funny…” New York Times Book Review
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“Doyle [injects] his own brand of insightful, engaging humor and convincingly recreates the high school experience...” New York Press
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“…outrageously funny novel… ” Booklist
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“...hilarious...” Esquire
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“In the flagrantly funny I Love You, Beth Cooper, Larry Doyle gives the coming-of-age novel a swirly.” Vanity Fair
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“…this side-splitting novel of adolescence is a classic teen movie waiting to be made.” Entertainment Weekly - The Must List
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“I have never laughed as consistently hard with (or at) anything as I did with this book…” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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“I Love You, Beth Cooper…made B&N fiction buyer Sessalee Hensley ‘laugh-snort through my nose.” USA Today
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“Doyles hilarious debut novel [moves] at a clip but never forgets that humor needs heart, too.”
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“Fresh, sweet, seriously funny.” Newsweek
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“This funny, hopeful novel is like a John Hughes movie in book form.” Indianapolis Star
Synopsis
Denis Cooverman wanted to say something really important in his high school graduation speech. So, in front of his 512 classmates and their 3,000 relatives, he announced:
It could have been such a sweet, romantic moment. Except that Beth, the head cheerleader, has only the vaguest idea who Denis is. And Denis, the captain of the debate team, is so far out of her league he is barely even the same species. And Kevin, Beth's remarkably large boyfriend, is in town on furlough from the United States Army.
About the Author
Larry Doyle,a former writer for The Simpsons, works in showbiz and writes funny things for The New Yorker. He is the author of I Love You, Beth Cooper, which won the 2008 Thurber Prize for American Humor and was made into a motion picture.