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He's come to do a job. A job that involves a body. A body wrapped in duct tape found hanging from the goal posts at the end of the football field. You Killed Wesley Payne is a truly original and darkly hilarious update of classic pulp-noir, in which hard-boiled seventeen year-old Dalton Rev transfers to the mean hallways of Salt River High to take on the toughest case of his life. The question isn't whether Dalton's going to get paid. He always gets paid. Or whether he's gonna get the girl. He always (sometimes) gets the girl. The real question is whether Dalton Rev can outwit crooked cops and killer cliques in time to solve the mystery of "The Body" before it solves him.Sean Beaudoin (Going Nowhere Faster, Fade to Blue) evokes the distinctive voices of legendary crime/noir authors Dashiell Hammett and Jim Thompson with a little bit of Mean Girls and Heathers thrown in for good measure.
About the Author
Sean Beaudoin enjoys typing about himself in the third person, as if some underfed intern were writing his bio. He is the author of the YA novels Going Nowhere Faster, Fade To Blue, You Killed Wesley Payne, the Infects, and Wise Young Fool. Sean's stories and articles have appeared in numerous publications, including The Onion, the San Francisco Chronicle, Glimmer Train, Salon, and Spirit-the inflight magazine of Southwest Airlines. He has since been awarded free cocktail peanuts for life. Sean is also one of the founding editors of TheWeeklings.com. Welcome Thieves is his first story collection, and marks his transition to adult literature. A novel with Algonquin Press is forthcoming. @SeanBeaudoin SeanBeaudoin.com
