Malcolm & Juliet
Publishing Details
Malcolm & Juliet
By (Author) Bernard Beckett
Random House New Zealand Ltd
Longacre Press
2nd July 2004
New Zealand
Classifications
Children
Fiction
823.2
Winner of LIANZA Children's Book Awards: Esther Glen Medal for Junior Fiction 2005
Physical Properties
144
Width 127mm, Height 197mm, Spine 13mm
140g
Description
Malcolm decides to make a documnetary about sex, and all sorts of hilarious and crazy things happen as a result in this YA novel by a NZ Post Book Award-winning author. The YA novel equivalent of a modern TV sit-com, Malcolm and Juiliet has moments of farce and slapstick, as a group of quirky teenagers is put in extraordinary situations (Malcom decides to make a documentary on sex), and then watched as they behave strangely and hilariously. Malcolm and Juliet, the sixth novel by the award-winning author of Genesis, is sharp, and full of smart one-liners, stretched situations, a cast of idiosyncratic characters, a 'sexy' theme and a minimum of description. Just like television! Beckett's novel not only tackles teenagers' main preoccupation, it undercuts, subverts and sends it up as well. Hilarious, with a marvellous sting in the tail.
Author Bio
BERNARD BECKETT is one of our most popular writers for young adults. He's recently been awarded a NZ Science, Mathematics and Technology Teacher Fellowship for 2005 where he'll be exploring DNA mutations.
