Twelve the book nick mcdonell

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. Born in new york city in 1984, he studied at harvard and st. Twelve is a 2002 novel by nick mcdonell about drug addiction, violence and sex among mainly. Twelve by nick mcdonell book club discussion questions. Twelve is a frightening tale of trauma and emptiness written with an impressive sharpness and ferocity. Nick mcdonell is the son of selfmade man, terry mcdonell the editor of sports illustrated and former managing editor of rolling stone. The title of this book is twelve and it was written by nick mcdonell.

So white mike is busy with a pickup in harlem and then ounces and fifties and dimes and more round up and down fifth avenue for the whole rest of the night. He attended the buckley school new york city, the riverdale country school, and was graduated from harvard college in january 2007. He is the author of several books, including the novel twelve. Nick wrote his first novel, twelve, when he was 17 years old. He is the author of two previous novels, twelve and the third brother, and has reported for harpers and time from sudan and iraq. For your reference, we provided these twelve quotes with page numbers using the following version of the book. It takes incredible skill and determination to write a novel, especially one as defining and creative as nick mcdonell s debut, twelve. I read all 250 pages in two sittings, and i seldom do that. With a painfully twodimensional cast and a fragmented nonstoryline, twelve is not shocking, just shockingly dull. However, given the fact that the author was only seventeen years old at the time of its conception, it borders on exceptional.

Twelve by nick mcdonell meet your next favorite book. Shot by lionel at the end of the book, but survives and goes to paris to finish his studies. Debut novel penned by a 17yearold private highschool student in manhattan. From a gifted and assured 17yearold author comes a stunning portrait of his generation, set among. Nick mcdonells twelve is an astonishing rush of a first novel, all heat and ice.

Buy twelve by nick mcdonell from amazons fiction books store. Truth is, i seldom feel compelled to read that fast, but twelve pulled me forward hypnotically. Twelve by nickmcdonnell referat, hausaufgabe, hausarbeit. Twelve books that changed the world kindle edition by. His book twelve wrote nick mcdonnell during his summer holidays in 2001 at the age of only 17. Twelve 9780802117175 by mcdonell, nick and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. 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. Selfaware teen writer nick mcdonells novel twelve burst into the literary market in a spray of irrelevent hype earlier this year.

Nick mcdonells novel on screen, with 50 cent the new. New york times book critic and pulitzer prize winner michiko kakutani described mcdonells debut novel twelve as being as fast as speed, as relentless as acid. His work has been published in twenty three countries and appeared on bestseller lists around the world. White mike is a drug dealer in the upper east side of manhattan, new york. His mother, joan mcdonell is a novelist and screenwriter. Part of the attraction is firsttime author nick mcdonell s use of language.

Is twelve the worst movie in the history of sundance. A graduate of harvard university, he is the author of two previous novels, twelve and the third brother. Nick mcdonells novel, twelve, arrives from new york on a wave of hype but will it sink or swim. And throughout the book, where there is an excess of everything but hope, we. And it does worka pleasure to read, a horror to contemplate, a real achievement. Nick mcdonells novel tells the story of a fictional drug called twelve and. On the surface, nick mcdonell s debut novel twelve written when the wellconnected former prepschooler was 17 feels like an east coast less than zero. Robert nicholas nick mcdonell is an american writer. Twelve is a 2002 young adult novel by american journalist, producer, and screenwriter nick mcdonell.

Twelve is the name of the novel, but the number that runs through it, graffitoed in invisible ink across every page, is 17. 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. When a book comes so prefeted, it can be difficult to shut out the roar of the publicity the authors extreme youth he wrote it at 17. There was nick mcdonell, the handsome young wunderkind, who knew. Born in new york city in 1984, he studied at harvard and oxford. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. When twelve hit shelves in 2002, mcdonnell s book was a publicists dream. From the housing projects of harlem to the penthouses of park avenue, nick mcdonell s twelve is a novel of urban adolescence written by a seventeenyearold author whose clarity and skill. His second novel, the third brother, was released in 2005. It was published by grove press and has a total of 256 pages in the book. 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. He dropped out of high school and now sells drugspot and an ecstasylike upper called twelve to the citys moneyed teens. Twelve, the joel schumacherdirected screen adaptation of nick mcdonell s controversial bestselling novel, to quote the films production notes, sinks under the weight of its.

Waterstones books of the year nick mcdonell s 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. 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. 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. There was nick mcdonell, the handsome young wunderkind. Indeed, mcdonell captures the spirit of modern adolescence flawlessly. He is author of the novels twelve, the third brother, and an expensive education. If you liked harmony korines film kids, youll definitely be into mcdonell s story. Through white mike we meet a variety of characters, mostly rich teenagers, who are mixed up with drugs, sex, and, violence. Sold to 14 publishers around the world and receiving tremendous critical acclaim, twelve was one of. Nick mcdonell booklist nick mcdonell message board.