The book hardly seems able to stay between its covers, bulging as it is with so many astonishments, so many crossings of fictional lines.' - Bookpage 'Reif Larsen has kicked off his literary career with a stunning and beautiful book.Larsen managed to write one of the most highly original novels of the year.' - Bookslut 'Two predictions about The Selected Works of T.S. On top of that, he's a right laugh, which never hurts.' - Book Forum 'The novel is a cabinet of wonders, an odyssey of self-discovery, a family romance, a symphony of topography, geology and American history.

with his own creditable identity, making him every bit as doubting and overwhelmed as he is precocious and indomitable-he's a little bundle of paradoxes, with the proper literary DNA of any well-formed character. luscious piece of fiction.' - Elle 'Larsen's instincts are extraordinary.' - The Oregonian 'Spivet's narration is undeniably funny not since Jonathan Safran Foer's Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close has a precocious young boy carried a novel so ably.' - The Stranger 'Inventing a preternaturally bright child is always tricky, but Larsen imbues T. This is a book to be read slowly, savored for its digressions and offbeat characters.' - Newsday 'Brimming with idiosyncrasies.endearing and triumphantly original.

Each page is literally a work of art.' - Boston Globe 'n ambitious and smart first novel.

' is like nothing you've ever picked up.Illustrated with witty marginalia (supposedly produced by its protagonist), it is also steeped in poignancy, humor, and wisdom.' - Vanity Fair 'As much a work of art as it is a warm, compelling story of family ties, science and the importance of understanding the world-and the human heart.' - The Miami Herald 'A mightily impressive debut, a wistful glimpse at that moment when adulthood threatens those last, vital days of youth.' - Entertainment Weekly ' beautiful book.

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