Tampa
by Alissa Nutting
Tampa by Alissa Nutting holds a mixed reviews rating of 3.34 out of 5, based on 9.7K reader ratings. First published in 2013. The book spans 272 pages.
About Tampa
Celeste Price is an eighth-grade English teacher in suburban Tampa. She's undeniably attractive. She drives a red Corvette with tinted windows. Her husband, Ford, is rich, square-jawed, and devoted to her.But Celeste's devotion lies elsewhere. She has a singular sexual obsession—fourteen-year-old boys. Celeste pursues her craving with sociopathic meticulousness and forethought; her sole purpose in becoming a teacher is to fulfill her passion and provide her access to her compulsion. As the novel opens, fall semester at Jefferson Jr. High is beginning.In mere weeks, Celeste has chosen and lured the lusciously naive Jack Patrick into her web. Jack is enthralled and in awe of his teacher, and, most important, willing to accept Celeste's terms for a secret relationship—car rides after school; rendezvous at Jack's house while his single father works late; body-slamming encounters in Celeste's empty classroom between periods.Ever mindful of the danger—the perpetual risk of exposure, Jack's father's own attraction to her, and the ticking clock as Jack leaves innocent boyhood behind—the hyperbolically insatiable Celeste bypasses each hurdle with swift thinking and shameless determination, even when the solutions involve greater misdeeds than the affair itself. In slaking her sexual thirst, Celeste Price is remorseless and deviously free of hesitation, a monstress driven by pure motivation. She deceives everyone, and cares nothing for anyone or anything but her own pleasure.With crackling, rampantly unadulterated prose, Tampa is a grand, uncompromising, seriocomic examination of want and a scorching literary debut.
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Author | Alissa Nutting |
| Published | 2013 |
| Pages | 272 |
| Genres | Fiction, Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Mystery & Thriller, Mystery & Thriller |
| Average Rating | 3.34 / 5.00 |
| Total Ratings | 9,662 |
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What genre is Tampa?
Tampa is categorized as Fiction, Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Mystery & Thriller. Its primary genre classification is Mystery & Thriller.
Is Tampa worth reading?
Based on 9.7K reader ratings, Tampa has an average score of 3.34 out of 5.00, which is considered "Mixed Reviews."
How many pages is Tampa?
Tampa has 272 pages.
Who wrote Tampa?
Tampa was written by Alissa Nutting. It was first published in 2013.
What is the ISBN for Tampa?
The ISBN-13 for Tampa is 9780062280560.0.
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