LoveSick by Jake Coburn7/6/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Jake’s second novel, LoveSick (Dutton, Sept. Realistic, slang-filled dialogue and short, crisp narrative passages create a minimalist world of frenetic gang warfare, substance abuse, and wild parties that become nightmares.” School Library Journal writes, “Coburn's brief sentences and often-raw gang slang create a cadence and reflect the movement of the novel through four suspenseful days.” ![]() Booklist writes, “The staccato rhythm of Coburn's prose is the best part of this tale of Manhattan prep-school gangsters. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, it is Jake’s unique writing style that has captured reviewers. While Prep has drawn critical comparisons to S.E. Prep was named an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults and a Junior Library Guild selection, and is currently being made into a movie by Paramount-MTV Films and Benderspink. Jake’s first novel, Prep (Dutton, 2003), is based on his teenage years, where he witnessed New York’s privileged offspring form some of the city’s most vicious street gangs. In 2000, he graduated from Brown University magna cum laude with a degree in Modern Culture and Media. He grew up on Manhattan’s Upper West Side and attended several different prep schools. Jake Coburn was born in New York City in 1978. ![]()
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