Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Paperback)

from PghDragonMan

Oscar Schell, the central character in this work, is a precocious, nerdy, obnoxious brat. There is absolutely nothing subtle about him. Ultimately, however, you can't help but feel sorry for him. After all, he did lose his father at the World Trade Center because of the September 11 attack on the...

from auntmarge64

Oskar Schell is a precocious, inquisitive, inventive boy whose father died in the towers on 9/11. He has such a strong imagination he can't come to grips with his father's death because he keeps inventing new ways his father might have died. Oskar finds a key hidden in a vase in his father's clos...

from Erica_W

What a wonderful read! It is written beautifully and with such an unusual voice. The style reminded me of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time with many asides and facts, but there is so much compassion in the prose that I hate to link them together! It was such a painful pleasure to...

from msf59

This is Oskar Schell's business card: " INVENTOR, JEWELRY DESIGNER,JEWELRY FABRICATOR, AMATEUR ENTOMOLOGIST, FRANCOPHILE, VEGAN, ORIGAMIST, PACIFIST, PERCUSSIONIST..." Oskar is nine years old and he is on a quest. While combing through his father's belongings, he finds an odd-shaped key, that doe...

from pokarekareana

Oskar Schell lives in New York with his mother, a scrapbook entitled "Stuff That Happened To Me", and an old phone in his wardrobe on whose answerphone are recorded five desperate messages left by Oskar's father on the day that he was killed - 11th September 2001. Oskar, distraught with grief, fi...