When his father is killed in the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center, Oskar sets out to solve the mystery of a key he discovers in his father’s closet.Nine-year-old Oskar Schell is an inventor, amateur entomologist, computer consultant, Francophile, letter writer, pacifist, amateur astronomer, natural historian, percussionist, romantic, Great Explorer, jeweller, origamist, detective, vegan and collector of butterflies.When his father is killed in the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center, Oskar sets out to solve the mystery of a key he discovers in his father’s closet. It is a search which leads him into the lives of strangers, through the five boroughs of New York, into history, to the bombings of Dresden and Hiroshima, and on an inward journey which brings him ever closer to some kind of peace…In Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Foer showcases his top-tier storytelling skills, weaving a narrative that is as heart-wrenching as it is enlightening. This piece of fiction stands as a testament to his position among the best authors of our time.For fans of Milan Kundera (The Unbearable Lightness of Being), Gabrielle Zevin (Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow), Colum Mccann (Everything in this Country Must), Mohsin Hamid (Exit West), and Italo Calvino (If on a Winter's Night a Traveller).
