Celeste Price (Tampa, by Alissa Nutting)Read about another entry on the list.
Meet the fictional construct who’s becoming known as the female Humbert Humbert. Celeste Price is the middle-school English teacher parents rightly fear, given that the only things she wants out of life are eternal youth and 14-year-old flesh. A predator through and through, Celeste goes to increasingly elaborate extremes to fulfill her desires, relaying her X-rated tale with shameless sociopathic rigor. Warning: this one bites.
--Marshal Zeringue