For fans of The
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime comes this landmark novel
about autism, memory, and, ultimately, redemption.
Sent to a
"therapeutic community" for autism at the age of eleven, Todd Aaron,
now in his fifties, is the "Old Fox" of Payton Living Center. 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.
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