Best Boy: A Novel by Eli Gottlieb PAPERBACK 9781631491924

Best Boy: A Novel\nby Eli Gottlieb\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Eli Gottlieb\nTitle: Best Boy: A Novel\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary\nPublisher: WW Norton & Co\nPublication year: 2016\nISBN-13: 9781631491924\nISBN-10: 163149192X\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nSent to a \u201Ctherapeutic community\u201D for autism aged eleven, Todd Aaron is now in his fifties. A joyous man who re-reads the encyclopedia compulsively, he is unnerved by the sudden arrival of a menacing new member of staff and a disruptive, brain-injured roommate. His equilibrium is further worsened by Martine, a new resident who has romantic intentions and convinces him to go off his drugs to feel \u201Cnormal\u201D again. Undone by these press.