one of the most original books of the year Metroįantastical, funny and delightfully original Esquire Think Tom Sawyer with a passion for empirical science. you can see exactly why it caused publishers to sit up. a lively sophisticated narrative that looks to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Irish TimesĪ wilfully original and diverting book. echoes of Thomas Pynchon, Robert Coover and Nicholson Baker. Reif Larsen's wonderful original debut, destined to please readers of all ages, is the Next Big Thing. Good novels entertain great ones come as a gift to the readers who are lucky enough to find them. Here is a book that does the impossible: it combines Mark Twain, Thomas Pynchon, and Little Miss Sunshine. But is this what he wants? Do maps and lists explain the world? And why are adults so strange? Read more So begins T.S.'s life-changing adventure, travelling two thousand miles across America to reach the awards dinner, the secret-society membership and the TV interviews that beckon. He is brilliant, and the Smithsonian Institution agrees, though when they award him a major scientific prize they don't suspect for a moment that he is twelve years old.
makes sense of his chaotic family life by drawing beautiful, meticulous maps kept in innumerable colour-coded notebooks. You are one of the best families in the world. I didn't want to bother you by telling about it ahead of time. Now a major motion picture from the director of 'Amelie', starring Helena Bonham Carter. A captivating, loveable novel of stunning originality and poignancy about a 12-year-old genius mapmaker.
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