I Love You, Beth Cooper
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| I Love You, Beth Cooper | |
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| Author | Larry Doyle |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Comedy novel |
| Publisher | Ecco (HarperCollins) |
| Publication date | 2007 |
| Media type | print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 255 pp |
| ISBN | 978-0061236174 |
| OCLC | 76143550 |
I Love You, Beth Cooper is a novel written by former The Simpsons writer Larry Doyle.
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At his high school graduation, valedictorian Denis Cooverman states to the entire gymnasium that he's had a crush on cheerleader Beth Cooper for six years. During the speech, he singles out the class bully and a pretty but shallow party girl, takes a verbal swipe at Beth's boyfriend Kevin, and tells his movie-quoting best friend Rich to admit that he's gay. Denis' speech upsets everyone except Beth, who thinks it was "sweet", giving Denis the courage to invite her to a party at his house that night. Beth’s boyfriend, military-trained Kevin, is angry at Denis for calling him an "over-aged loser who keeps company with high school girls because he can't get a date with a girl his own age."
After his declaration, Denis' mother and father leave him and Rich alone at the house for their party, which no one attends, as they are social outcasts. Beth shows up in her tiny blue car with her friends Cammy and Treece (the group of three is known as "The Trinity") at Denis' house that evening. Kevin shows up with his army buddies, and Denis and Rich are assaulted. Beth and the Trinity help Denis and Rich get away.
Beth is meant to be a dream girl, but has one with glaring imperfections that shatter Denis' fantasy. A turning point in the plot comes right after the group gets away from Denis’ house. Denis and Beth go into a liquor store to buy beer, but the clerk refuses to sell the beer. Beth offers to touch the clerk's penis in exchange for the beer. Denis is disillusioned by her actions.
Eventually, the group heads back to the high school where Beth, Cammy, and Treece show off their cheerleading act. Denis notices that Beth has a tear in her eye. After the act, the girls head to the showers and Denis follows. Denis passively walks into the girls' locker room and sees the girls changing. Knowing that Denis is looking, Beth smiles at him, drops her towel and shows off her bare back. Beth tries to get Denis and Rich in the showers with them when Kevin arrives. Rich stays back to fight off Kevin and his crew while the others escape. After escaping, Beth reveals to Denis that she only came to his party becasue it would be "funny", leaving Denis dissapointed. Denis gets a nose bleed and Treece, as a joke, gives him tampons to stick up his nostrils to stop the bleeding. Next, Beth tells Denis his shirt smells and forces him to take it off. Beth takes his shirt and holds it out the window to "air it off"; then the shirt flies out the window. They stop the car and Denis, in his underwear, goes to find his shirt. They all start laughing so Beth then gives him her poncho to wear. They both go out looking for the shirt. They find the shirt in a pile of mud where they encounter a racoon. The racoon tries to eat the shirt so they try to grab it when the racoon yells and scares them both and they run back to the car.
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