White mike wears jeans and hooded sweatshirts and a dark blue overcoat from the brooks brothers. Set in new york city, the book is narrated with chilling objectivity by white mike, a 17yearold drug dealer, and centers around his wealthy clientele. Twelve by nick mcdonell book club discussion questions. While twelve follows the lives of a number of wealthy young adults, it centres on that of 17yearold drugdealer white. Twelve by nick mcdonell meet your next favorite book. He attended the buckley school new york city, the riverdale country school, and was graduated from harvard college in january 2007. Nick mcdonells twelve is an astonishing rush of a first novel, all heat and ice. Set in an affluent part of the borough of manhattan in new york city, it profiles a hedonistic group of. Nick mcdonells novel tells the story of a fictional drug called twelve and. Nick mcdonell booklist nick mcdonell message board. Twelve is a frightening tale of trauma and emptiness written with an impressive sharpness and ferocity. Hartford couranta national bestseller that inspired a major motion picture, this chilling novel follows prep school dropout white mike through the week between christmas and new years 1999, as he deals an alluring new drug to his. Through white mike we meet a variety of characters, mostly rich teenagers, who are mixed up with drugs, sex, and, violence.
The bodies in person blue rider press, 2018 the civilisation of perpetual movement hurst, 2016. His second novel, the third brother, was released in 2005. He dropped out of high school and now sells drugspot and an ecstasylike upper called twelveto the citys moneyed teens. Nick wrote his first novel, twelve, when he was 17 years old. Nick mcdonell audio books, best sellers, author bio. Born in new york city in 1984, he studied at harvard and st. Set among the privileged prepschool students of manhattans upper east side, twelve follows white mike, a dropout drug dealer, through the week between christmas and new years. He is author of the novels twelve, the third brother, and an expensive education.
Twelve by nick mcdonell book, authors, entertainment, more. The bodies in person is a haunting work of reportage from the frontlines of americas wars, in the spirit of classic writing on vietnam, that delves deep into our collective martial psyche. A site dedicated to book lovers providing a forum to discover and share commentary about the books and authors they enjoy. Jun 16, 2002 twelve by nick mcdonell is published by atlantic books on 27 june, price. Truth is, i seldom feel compelled to read that fast, but twelve pulled me forward hypnotically. Music in twelve by nick mcdonell by aicha nesrine on prezi. Music in twelve by nick mcdonell conclusion yes, it is effective to use music in novels as creator of atmosphere, because.
An exceptional, assured debut that captures the zeitgeist of confused adolescents and a. Anyway a drug which is called twelve is not the main feature of this book. Twelve by nickmcdonnell referat, hausaufgabe, hausarbeit. Nick mcdonells novel tells the story of a fictional drug called twelve and its devastating effects on the beautiful rich and desperate poor of new york city. Read twelve by nick mcdonell available from rakuten kobo. May 01, 2003 nick mcdonell is very much adare i say itwatered down version of mr eastonellis. May 15, 2003 nick mcdonell is very much adare i say itwatered down version of mr eastonellis. Sold to 14 publishers around the world and receiving tremendous critical acclaim, twelve was one of.
His book twelve wrote nick mcdonnell during his summer holidays in 2001 at. Only 17 when he wrote this brisk but powerful novel, nick mcdonell is off to a great start to what promises to be a successful and interesting literary career. I will make a summary and a characterization of one of the characters. Nick mcdonell crams a lot into a youthful literary life. With a painfully twodimensional cast and a fragmented nonstoryline, twelve is not shocking, just shockingly dull.
Sold to 14 publishers around the world and receiving tremendous critical. The title of this book is twelve and it was written by nick mcdonell. Twelve by nick mcdonell 2010, paperback, movie tiein. The new york times creating a sensation around the world, twelve established its seventeenyearold author as a powerful voice of the new millennium. Nick mcdonells electrifying novel tells the story of a fictional drug called twelve and its devastating effects on the beautiful rich and desperate poor of new york city. Robert nicholas nick mcdonell born february 18, 1984 is an american writer who has worked as a journalist, screenwriter, producer, novelist and researcher. Twelve books that changed the world kindle edition by. The chilling novel follows prep school dropout white mike through the week between christmas and new years 1999, as he takes a year off to deal an alluring new drug to his privileged peers on manhattans upper. His family is very healthy because his father is a journalist and his mother works as a writer.
Jan 23, 2011 twelve is a frightening tale of trauma and emptiness written with an impressive sharpness and ferocity. We are given brief glimpses into his life and thoughts, and i liked him. He is young, smart, good looking and ridiculously well connected. I read all 250 pages in two sittings, and i seldom do that. I did enjoy the book but if youve read ellis in his heyday then you will be disappointed not because twelve is a bad book quite the opposite.
White mike is a shadowy, insubstantial figure selling drugs to rich kids on the upper east side. It was published by grove press and has a total of 256 pages in the book. One of last years notable releases, was nick mcdonell s debut novel twelve. He has blond hair and they are cropped tight around his head. One of the main themes of this book is the impact of drugs on youth culture. Nick mcdonell is very much adare i say itwatered down version of mr eastonellis. Nick mcdonnell twelve 1 introduction my book report is about twelve by nick mcdonnell. Set among the privileged prepschool students of manhattans upper east side, twelve follows white mike, a dropout drug dealer, through.
I did enjoy the book but if youve read ellis in his heyday then you will be disappointed not because twelve is a bad book. Selfaware teen writer nick mcdonells novel twelve burst into the literary market in a spray of irrelevent hype earlier this year. Freebooknotes found 7 important quotes from 5 key chapters of twelve by nick mcdonell. First, i want to tell you something about the author. Robert nicholas nick mcdonell is an american writer. Jun 30, 2002 twelve by nick mcdonell atlantic books. Or does the book, in a sense, glorify the youth drug culture and those who participate in it. Shot by lionel at the end of the book, but survives and goes to paris to finish his studies. Nick mcdonell ought to be an easy person to dislike. Part of the attraction is firsttime author nick mcdonell s use of language. Nick mcdonell simply writes the facts down and that is why his style of writing.
He is the author of two previous novels, twelve and the third brother, and has reported for harpers and time from sudan and iraq. His father is terry mcdonell, the editor of sports illustrated, and he grew. White mike is a drug dealer in the upper east side of manhattan, new york. The difference between ellis book and this film adapted from a book written by nick mcdonell is how both medias work with the theme and here in twelve the tragedies might lead to a possible solution, sometimes positive, other times negative. Mcdonell, nick twelve 1st edition 1st printing ebay. Nick mcdonells twelve is an astonishing rush of a first novel, all heat and ice and inexorable narrative drivethe kind of novel you finish and immediately read again, just to see how it works. For your reference, we provided these twelve quotes with page numbers using the following version of the book. Young nick mcdonell is making his way across the verdant campus. Nick mcdonell author of twelve meet your next favorite book. The charmed life of 21yearold bestselling author nick. Seventeenyearold nick mcdonell, like the young jim carroll, displays a frightening accuity in his astonishing debut.
Twelve is a 2002 novel by nick mcdonell about drug addiction, violence and sex among mainly wealthy manhattan teenagers. It has just been released in paperback, and reading it for the first time, it feels wrong to tell a 17yearold that his. And throughout the book, where there is an excess of everything but hope, we. One of last years notable releases, was nick mcdonells debut novel twelve. Twelve is the name of the novel, but the number that runs through it, graffitoed in invisible ink across every page, is 17. Debut novel penned by a 17yearold private highschool student in manhattan. How does the youth culture described in twelve differ from the youth culture that jim carroll described in the basketball diaries. A graduate of harvard university, he is the author of two previous novels, twelve and the third brother. Twelve is a 2002 novel by nick mcdonell about drug addiction, violence and sex among mainly. The drug is referred to as a cross between cocaine and ecstasy. Set entirely in new york, it follows the closely linked but vastly different worlds of harlem and the upper east side, where the accidents of birth and geography create problems that few outsiders might guess at. Only 17 when he wrote this brisk but powerful novel, nick mcdonell is off to a. His work has been published in twenty three countries and appeared on bestseller lists around the world.
Twelve af nick mcdonell essay analyse skoleanalyser. Creating a sensation around the world, twelve established its seventeenyearold author as a powerful voice of the new millennium. His work has been published in twenty three countries and appeared on. Nick mcdonell is the son of selfmade man, terry mcdonell the editor of sports illustrated and former managing editor of rolling stone. Mcdonell was born in 1984 in new york city and raised there. This written assignment is about the extract of the novel twelve by nick mcdonell written in 2002. The difference between ellis book and this film adapted from a book written by nick mcdonell is how both medias work with the theme and here in twelve the tragedies might lead to a possible solution. Some light edge wear, minor creasing to rear flaps. Mcdonell is a brilliant reporter who rescues these people from anonymity, which makes bodies a crucial first step in their pursuit of justice. Set in an affluent part of the borough of manhattan in new york city, it profiles a hedonistic group of teenagers who develop attachments to a new designer drug said to feel like a mixture of ecstasy and cocaine. Mcdonell attended the buckley school, the riverdale country school, and graduated from harvard college in january 2007.
Content includes books from bestselling, midlist and debut authors. Mcdonell, nick twelve 1st edition 1st printing hardcover new york grove press 2002 very good in a very good dust jacket. Twelve ebook by nick mcdonell 9781555846879 rakuten kobo. In twelve, nick mcdonell displays a remarkable arsenal of giftswit, near poetic concision, a terrific eye and earall of which add up to the great gift.
And it does worka pleasure to read, a horror to contemplate, a real achievement. His mother, joan mcdonell is a novelist and screenwriter. An exceptional, assured debut that captures the zeitgeist of confused adolescents and a sick culture postcolumbine. Twelve by nick mcdonell 2010, paperback, movie tiein for. Nick mcdonells novel, twelve, arrives from new york on a wave of hype but will it sink or swim. The title of nick mcdonells first novel does not, in fact, refer to the authors age, though you could be forgiven for thinking so.
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