Bad Marie
Resolutions and Inspiration
Marcy shared her New Year’s resolution with the L.A. Times’ Jacket Copy and talked to the 30th Avenue blog about babysitter jokes, inspiration, and her favorite Astoria cafes.
Read MoreKeeping Up with the Bloggers
A new year, and lots of lists and new reviews praising Bad Marie, including one TV appearance and love for Marcy’s first novel, Twins: “Maybe my favorite book published new this year.” — bookreviewsbycurtbusch Jewcy Top 10 Fiction Books Of 2010 — Jewcy “One of the best five books of the year — impossible to put down once you start.” — The Staff Recommends “Best Single-Sitting Guilty Pleasure Read.” — The Book Lady’s Blog One of the “Top Five Overlooked Fiction Titles of 2010″ — NY1 One of the “Best 9 Books of 2010″ — Minnesota Reads “Read this in two...
Read MoreBad Marie Makes the 2011 Tournament of Books Long List
Every March, sixteen books compete in The Morning News’ Tournament of Books. The long list for the 2011 Tournament has just been announced — and Bad Marie is on...
Read MoreBad Marie Wins The Nervous Breakdown 2010 Nobbie Award
There aren’t any statuettes, but Bad Marie is in wonderful company as one of the recipients of the 2010 Nobbie Award for the Best Books of the Year: Dermansky’s slim, subversive novel—concerning a wayward, drunken, selfish, and sexy nanny who abducts her charge (and her charge’s French father!) and absconds to Paris for a hedonistic food-and-sex fest before reality hits—is generally described as “naughty,” “evil,” or “wicked,” usually modified by the adverb “deliciously.” Marie may not be the kind of girl you take home to mother, but she’d sure be fun to bring to France for a long weekend. A fun, fun read. See the complete list of...
Read MoreBad Marie Makes Largehearted Boy’s List
At Largehearted Boy, David Gutowski compiled “eleven novels I have raved about most to friends, family and blog readers.” Topping his list of Favorite Novels of 2010? Bad Marie.
Read MoreMcSweeney’s Recommends Bad Marie
Timothy McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, the online outlet of Dave Eggers’ literary journal McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, added Bad Marie to their ongoing list of “recommended things.” Marcy’s story “Cow Juice” appeared in McSweeney’s issue 4. Here’s what they had to say about Bad Marie: When you pick up this book, make sure you’ve left yourself enough time to read it in its entirety because there’s no putting it down. The most seductive first person narration we’ve read in a long...
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