I Love You, Beth Cooper

Praise for I Love You, Beth Cooper

“Gleefully clever and adroitly sweet.” — USA Today

“In the flagrantly funny I Love You, Beth Cooper, Larry Doyle gives the coming-of-age novel a swirly.” — Vanity Fair

“Fresh, sweet, seriously funny.” — Newsweek

“…hilarious coming-of-age novel…” — Rocky Mountain News

“…this book is laugh-out-loud funny…” — John Searles, NBC Weekend Today Show

“…this side-splitting novel of adolescence is a classic teen movie waiting to be made.” — Entertainment Weekly - The Must List

One of the “best comedy books of the summer.” — Time Out Chicago

“…the book is great... dark, absurdist, insanely funny send-up of a John Hughes movie…Buy it.” — New York magazine

“Doyle’s hilarious debut novel [moves] at a clip but never forgets that humor needs heart, too.” Grade: A — Entertainment Weekly

“Larry Doyle…gives a 21st-century gloss to this familiar tale… wickedly funny…” — New York Times Book Review

“I Love You, Beth Cooper…made B&N fiction buyer Sessalee Hensley ‘laugh-snort through my nose.’” — USA Today

“...hilarious...” — Esquire

“...a demonstration of the power of good comic writing…” — Weekly Standard

“…hilarious high school romp... never ceases to charm...unlike, say, PE.” — E! Online - Cool Stuff

“Hilarious, suspenseful, and a little good-kind-of-sad, the novel is a mashup of John Hughes movies. — Blueprint Magazine

“This funny, hopeful novel is like a John Hughes movie in book form.” — Indianapolis Star

“...darn funny.” — Salt Lake City Tribune

“...a romp, a goof, a wedgie to the coming-of-age novel... the book is blessed release.” — Cleveland Plain Dealer

“Doyle [injects] his own brand of insightful, engaging humor and convincingly recreates the high school experience...” — New York Press

“A smart, incredibly funny pastiche…Doyle’s writing is fast-paced and full of self-aware nods to the audience.” — Houston Press - Blogs

“It’s all outlandish fun, but what do you expect from a former Simpsons writer?” — Daily Candy Los Angeles

“Hip and hysterical...a fun, teen coming-of-age story.” — Buffalo News

“…outrageously funny novel… ” — Booklist

“...humorously addresses the agony and ecstasy of adolescence. It’s high-school hell…Doyle has the scene down cold.” — Kirkus Reviews

“If this book doesn’t make you laugh out loud, something is wrong with you.” — Dave Barry

“...an instant classic, right up there with great end-of-school landmarks like American Graffiti and Dazed and Confused.” — Tom Perrotta, bestselling author of LITTLE CHILDREN

“Larry Doyle has created a perfect literary hot fudge sundae: sweet, naughty, delicious, irresistible.” — Kurt Andersen

“...a one-night-only joyride through Larry Doyle’s brilliant sense of humor.” — David Schickler, author of SWEET AND VICIOUS and KISSING IN MANHATTAN

“I have never laughed as consistently hard with (or at) anything as I did with this book…” — Pittsburgh Post-Gazette