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Nine-year-old Oskar Schell is an inventor, amateur entomologist, Francophile, letter writer, pacifist, natural historian, percussionist, romantic, great explorer, jeweller, detective, vegan, and collector of butterflies, Beatles memorabilia, miniature cacti and coral. When his father is killed in the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Centre, his inward journey towards some kind of peace takes him on an odyssey through the five boroughs of New York, as he attempts to solve the mystery of a key he discovers in his father's closet....

©2005 Jonathan Safran Foer (P)2005 Recorded Books LLC Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Fiction
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love it really good book. was really interesting and fun to read. i recommend it

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I couldn’t stop listening - this thought provoking book will stay with me for a long time.

Unusual and captivating

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The performance was amazing and this was so amazing as I only had read only half of it by the day before I had an assessment so this was huge. Thanks guys

Came in clutch

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Such a delicate and sensitive story and so hard to listen to at the same time. I loved the narrators.

So delicate

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A great story told very well. I was completely taken away for the duration. Be prepared to lose sleep as you listen

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