Just in Case - Hardcover

Rosoff, Meg

3.2

3,865 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385746784 ISBN 13: 9780385746786

Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books, 2006

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Justin Case is convinced fate has in for him.
And he's right.

After finding his younger brother teetering on the edge of his balcony, fifteen-year-old David Case realizes the fragility of life and senses impending doom. Without looking back, he changes his name to Justin and assumes a new identity, new clothing and new friends, and dares to fall in love with the seductive Agnes Day. With his imaginary dog Boy in tow, Justin struggles to fit into his new role and above all, to survive in a world where tragedy is around every corner. He's got to be prepared, just in case.

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Review:

Extraordinary and original . . . this sophisticated meditation on death, madness and sexuality is powerful and tenaciously haunting.
"Sunday Times of London"
Meg Rosoff is the Queen of Weird.
"Los Angeles Times"
A modern "Catcher in the Rye,"
"The Times of London"

"Extraordinary and original . . . this sophisticated meditation on death, madness and sexuality is powerful and tenaciously haunting."
-"Sunday Times of London"
"Meg Rosoff is the Queen of Weird."
-"Los Angeles Times"
"A modern "Catcher in the Rye,""
-"The Times of London"

aExtraordinary and original . . . this sophisticated meditation on death, madness and sexuality is powerful and tenaciously haunting.a
a"Sunday Times of London"
aMeg Rosoff is the Queen of Weird.a
a"Los Angeles Times"
aA modern "Catcher in the Rye,"a
a"The Times of London"

?Extraordinary and original . . . this sophisticated meditation on death, madness and sexuality is powerful and tenaciously haunting.?
?"Sunday Times of London"

?Meg Rosoff is the Queen of Weird.?
?"Los Angeles Times"

?A modern "Catcher in the Rye".?
?"The Times of London"
When "How I Live Now" came out, it stunned, amazed, and won all sorts of literary awards. . . . This second novel "Just In Case," shows that it was no beginner s luck. . . . Meg Rosoff is the Queen of Weird.
" Los Angeles Times"
What shimmers in Rosoff s novels is a very unusual and courageous confrontation with nihilism, which, like Beckett, she makes funny, rather than futile. . . . A modern "Catcher in the Rye."
" The Times" (London)
Rosoff examines the idea of fate through minutely observed, concatenated catastrophes and the intersection of exquisitely drawn characters. . . . Funny, ironic, magically real; stunning.
" Kirkus Reviews" (starred review)
Extraordinary and original . . . this sophisticated meditation on death, madness, and sexuality is powerful and tenaciously haunting.
" The Sunday Times" (London)
Intelligent, ironic, and darkly funny, makes nods to Samuel Beckett and existentialism.
" Time Out"
Surreal . . . hilarious.
" Cosmopolitan"
Brilliantly original.
" Marie Claire""

When How I Live Now came out, it stunned, amazed, and won all sorts of literary awards. . . . This second novel Just In Case, shows that it was no beginner s luck. . . . Meg Rosoff is the Queen of Weird.
Los Angeles Times
What shimmers in Rosoff s novels is a very unusual and courageous confrontation with nihilism, which, like Beckett, she makes funny, rather than futile. . . . A modern Catcher in the Rye.
The Times (London)
Rosoff examines the idea of fate through minutely observed, concatenated catastrophes and the intersection of exquisitely drawn characters. . . . Funny, ironic, magically real; stunning.
Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Extraordinary and original . . . this sophisticated meditation on death, madness, and sexuality is powerful and tenaciously haunting.
The Sunday Times (London)
Intelligent, ironic, and darkly funny, makes nods to Samuel Beckett and existentialism.
Time Out
Surreal . . . hilarious.
Cosmopolitan
Brilliantly original.
Marie Claire"

About the Author:

Meg Rosoff was born in Boston and worked in publishing and advertising before writing How I Live Now. She moved in 1989 from New York City to London, where she currently lives with her husband and daughter. The author lives in England.

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