Description: "...humorously addresses the agony and ecstasy of adolescence. It''s high-school hell...Doyle has the scene down cold." - Kirkus Reviews "In the flagrantly funny I Love You, Beth Cooper, Larry Doyle gives the coming-of-age novel a swirly." - Vanity Fair "...hilarious..." - Esquire "...hilarious coming-of-age novel..." - Rocky Mountain News "I have never laughed as consistently hard with (or at) anything as I did with this book..." - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Larry Doyle...gives a 21st-century gloss to this familiar tale... wickedly funny..." - New York Times Book Review "An instant classic, right up there with great end-of-school landmarks like American Graffiti and Dazed and Confused. . . . a generous and tender-hearted portrait of a teenage wasteland that should be deeply familiar to anyone who made it though high school." - Tom Perrotta, bestselling author of LITTLE CHILDREN "...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 "If this book doesn''t make you laugh out loud, something is wrong with you." - Dave Barry "...hilarious high school romp... never ceases to charm...unlike, say, PE." - E! Online - Cool Stuff "...a demonstration of the power of good comic writing..." - Weekly Standard "A smart, incredibly funny pastiche...Doyle''s writing is fast-paced and full of self-aware nods to the audience." - Houston Press - Blogs One of the "best comedy books of the summer." - Time Out Chicago "...this side-splitting novel of adolescence is a classic teen movie waiting to be made." - Entertainment Weekly - The Must List "...this book is laugh-out-loud funny..." - John Searles, NBC Weekend Today Show "...a romp, a goof, a wedgie to the coming-of-age novel... the book is blessed release." - Cleveland Plain Dealer "Fresh, sweet, seriously funny." - Newsweek "This funny, hopeful novel is like a John Hughes movie in book form." - Indianapolis Star "...darn funny." - Salt Lake City Tribune "Gleefully clever and adroitly sweet." - USA Today "It''s all outlandish fun, but what do you expect from a former Simpsons writer?" - Daily Candy Los Angeles "Doyle [injects] his own brand of insightful, engaging humor and convincingly recreates the high school experience..." - New York Press "...the book is great... dark, absurdist, insanely funny send-up of a John Hughes movie...Buy it." - New York magazine "The book is great. Those among us who will forever self-identify as recovering high-school outcasts . . . will delight in this dark, absurdist, insanely funny send-up of a John Hughes movie . . . Buy it." - New York magazine "I Love You, Beth Cooper...made B&N fiction buyer Sessalee Hensley ''laugh-snort through my nose.''" - USA Today "Hip and hysterical...a fun, teen coming-of-age story." - Buffalo News "Doyle''s hilarious debut novel feels destined for the big screen . . . reminiscent of the best of John Hughes'' ''80s comedy classics. . . . Doyle, a former Simpsons writer, keeps this entertaining novel moving at a clip but never forgets that humor needs heart, too." Grade: A - Entertainment Weekly "Doyle''s hilarious debut novel [moves] at a clip but never forgets that humor needs heart, too." Grade: A - Entertainment Weekly "...a one-night-only joyride through Larry Doyle''s brilliant sense of humor." - David Schickler, author of SWEET AND VICIOUS and KISSING IN MANHATTAN "...outrageously funny novel... " - Booklist "Hilarious, suspenseful, and a little good-kind-of-sad, the novel is a mashup of John Hughes movies. - Blueprint Magazine "Larry Doyle has created a perfect literary hot fudge sundae: sweet, naughty, delicious, irresistible." - Kurt Andersen

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