The author of Tampa, (HarperCollins/Ecco), Alissa Nutting appeared on Inside Edition last night (watch video here).

Told from the point of view of a 26-year-old teacher who seduces her 14-year-old student, Tampa is called a “gender-swapped Lolita,” by the NYT,  noting that the change in gender causes a problem for the novelist, “it’s hard not to be a little happy for the guy. So it’s a much bigger leap to show that this relationship between unequals is every bit as destructive as a man and a girl’s, and Ms. Nutting lands it.”

Expected to be the  hotly controversial book of the summer, it still lags well behind Fifty Shades of Grey in terms of media attention.

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