Marisha Pessl: Fuck-Me Boots, Round Deux?

Published Feb 27 2008, 04:52 PM by Sharon Steel

It's deal day for Publisher's Lunch Weekly. Fresh out of the inbox:

General/Other
Marisha Pessl's NIGHT FILM, a psychological thriller about obsession, family loyalty and ambition set in raw contemporary Manhattan, moving to Kate Medina at Random House, by her new agent Amanda Urban at ICM.

Uh, so was that a nice deal? A very nice deal? A good deal? A significant deal? OR A MAJOR DEAL (a/k/a here's a check for half a million dollars, you win the author lotto again!) Inquiring minds are inquiring, and obviously, we wish we knew. While Word Up has been slightly divided and somewhat confused by the way Pessl and her publisher have handled her author publicity, we personally are enormous fans of her work. Special Topics in Calamity Physics was our favorite novel of 2006, after all. Speaking of, you know who should totally play Blue in the movie version? AMBER TAMBLYN. We only just had this revelation of sorts.

Filed Under: Lit Gossip, Major deals, Publisher's Marketplace, Publishing, Recommended Reading

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4 Comments

Danielle said:

I quit reading the deal email after I noticed that 85% of the time, PL didn't list the coded $ amount. Cheating me of gossipy insider information. Fuh.

March 1, 2008 12:34 AM
nancypearlwannabe said:

I was thinking more along the lines of Alexis Bledel to play Blue, but I can totally see Amber Tamblyn.

March 7, 2008 2:56 PM
sharon said:

Oh, Alexis is one of my favorites! I could easily see her in the role. Either of them would be lovely, I think.

March 10, 2008 4:11 PM

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