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Literature & Fiction

Best Boy: A Novel

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Best Boy: A Novel

New York Times Editor's Choice
People Magazine Pick of the Week
A Washington Post Notable Book
Library Journal Top Ten Books of 2015
BookPage Top Five Books of 2015

For fans of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time comes this landmark novel about autism, memory, and, ultimately, redemption.
Sent to a â€œtherapeutic communityâ€ for autism at the age of eleven, Todd Aaron, now in his fifties, is the â€œOld Foxâ€ of Payton LivingCenter. A joyous man who rereads the encyclopedia compulsively, he is unnerved by the sudden arrivals of a menacing new staffer and a disruptive, brain-injured roommate. His equilibrium is further worsened by Martine, a one-eyed new resident who has romantic intentions and convinces him to go off his meds to feel â€œnormalâ€ again. Undone by these pressures, Todd attempts an escape to return â€œhomeâ€ to his younger brother and to a childhood that now inhabits only his dreams. Written astonishingly in the first-person voice of an autistic, adult man, Best Boyâ€•with its unforgettable portraits of Toddâ€™s beloved mother, whose sweet voice still sings from the grave, and a staffer named Raykene, who says that Todd â€œreflects the beauty of His creationâ€â€•is a piercing, achingly funny, finally shattering novel no reader can ever forget.

Country	USA
Author	Eli Gottlieb
Binding	Hardcover
EAN	9781631490477
Edition	First Edition
ISBN	1631490478
Label	Liveright
Manufacturer	Liveright
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	256
PublicationDate	2015-08-24
Publisher	Liveright
Studio	Liveright
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

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