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T.S. Spivet is a genius mapmaker who lives on a ranch in Montana. His father is a silent cowboy and his mother is a scientist who for the last twenty years has been looking for a mythical species of beetle. His brother has gone, his sister seems normal but might not be, and his dog - Verywell - is going mad. T.S. makes sense of it all by drawing beautiful, meticulous maps kept in innumerable colour-coded notebooks.He is brilliant, and the Smithsonian Institution agrees, though when they award him a major scientific prize they don't suspect for a moment that he is twelve years old.
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"Larson has made an impressive mark ... spectacularly funny" (Sunday Times)
"Reif Larsen's wonderful original debut, destined to please readers of all ages, is the Next Big Thing... echoes of Thomas Pynchon, Robert Coover and Nicholson Baker... a lively sophisticated narrative that looks to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" (Irish Times)
"A wilfully original and diverting book ... you can see exactly why it caused publishers to sit up. It is charming and kooky" (Observer)
"Think Tom Sawyer with a passion for empirical science... one of the most original books of the year" (Metro)
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- EditoreVintage
- Data di pubblicazione2010
- ISBN 10 0099535173
- ISBN 13 9780099535171
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero edizione1
- Numero di pagine400
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Descrizione libro Softcover. Condizione: New. Softcover. 400 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Vintage, UK, 2010. *** CONDITION: This book is in new condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing or wear. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: T.S. Spivet is a genius mapmaker who lives on a ranch in Montana. His father is a silent cowboy and his mother is a scientist who for the last twenty years has been looking for a mythical species of beetle. His brother has gone, his sister seems normal but might not be, and his dog - Verywell - is going mad. T.S. makes sense of it all by drawing beautiful, meticulous maps kept in innumerable colour-coded notebooks. He is brilliant, and the Smithsonian Institution agrees, though when they award him a major scientific prize they don't suspect for a moment that he is twelve years old. So begins T.S.' life-changing adventure, travelling two thousand miles across America to reach the awards dinner, the secret-society membership and the TV interviews that beckon. But is this what he wants? Do maps and lists explain the world? And why are adults so strange? *** Quantity Available: 2. Category: Fiction; General; ISBN/EAN: 9780099535171. Inventory No: 14020080. Codice articolo 14020080
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