Swedish author Per Nilsson has been writing fiction for teens, and his newest novel is called You & You & You, and it's a Prince song, "1+1+1=3" to be exact, written in fictionalized form -- a high school student meets a gorgeous looking girl in health class, he subdues her and makes her his wife, and then he forces her to attend JW Bible studies with him until they come to an accurate understanding of the New World Translation. [Yeah... I'm joking.]

Seriously tho, Nilsson's new book is called You & You & You and it's "an interesting but odd story revolving around three characters, Anon, Zarah, and Nils. Each character's obsessive fantasy overwhelms their everday lives." One is a Prince-fanatic who visits Prince.org at least once an hour, except when sleeping. [Okay, I'm joking again.] Anyways, there is a lot of sex and violence, and a lot of contemplating about life and death in these pages which makes the book more properly targeted toward older teens; however, "it might be challenging to find an audience for it because of the distant tone and aloof characters."

If anyone has read the book and would like to give us a review, well then... please do!

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quotes by Brenna Shanks, reviewer
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This is a great thread [Yeah... I'm joking.]

Thread killer!!

is bart van hemelamelen a character in it?

Anxiety said:

Indeed he is! You've read this already, eh? We first find Bart studying his homework while listening to the radio. On comes a tune... and Bart starts bobbing his head, "Yeah, I really like this joint." So he waits for the DJ to announce the singer, and lo-and-behold, it's Prince! This starts off a grand ol' musical love affair for Master Bart, and off he goes collecting everything he can get his hands on regarding this funky lil' mad musician named Prince. Bart really likes the dude -- I mean, he really likes him!! But then something happens around 1993 or so that sets off a wild and crazy chain of events in Bart's obsession with the mini-musician from the mini-apple. I won't go into detail, but at one point we find Bart struggling to free himself from a straight-jacket while hopping over a fence and trying to escape the local looney bin. Ya have to get the book to find out what set off this radical fanatical follower of Prince.

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Lawd, this place gets more and more interesting by the moment. First, I encouter Zelaria now this novel biz. Whew, the shit is starting to hit the fan. The author of this book must really started to have a brain moment.

MsLegs said:

honey, zelaira is an org staple. she has been around for ages!

Natisse said:

Roxette is a Swedish duo, consisting of pop musicians Per Gessle and Marie Fredriksson.

close enough!

Natsume said:

doh! got the surname wrong lol

MsLegs said:

Hey... it's General Discussion. Anything goes!
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Snap said:

Alright, if you say so.

Natisse said:

Anxiety said:

Whatever happened to that dude?