Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
by Jonathan Safran Foer

4.5 of 5

This is the best book I've read since The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close tells the story of Oskar, a nine-year-old by who lost his father. He finds in father's closet a key in an envelope with the word Black written on it. Oskar covers New York City trying to solve the mystery of the key. Oskar's not your normal kid. He plays tambourine, invents things, wears only white, writes letters to Stephen Hawking, and loves puzzles. He enlists the help of of the old man with the magnetic bed who lives upstairs, and the game is afoot. This book is hilarious and very poignant--I'll even go as far as "touching" even though I hate using that word in any way that isn't facetious. My recommendation: Read this book. Period.