Contea di Essex, New Jersey, 1967. Mentre i notiziari televisivi sono invasi da notizie sempre più drammatiche sull'escalation della guerra in Vietnam e scanditi dalle fiammate del napalm, la famiglia Graubert sta andando lentamente a pezzi, nel vano tentativo di difendere il suo membro più debole, Fad, affetto da una grave forma di autismo, e di proteggerlo da una comunità medica che appare decisa a internarlo in un istituto. La madre, Harta, lotta con tutte le sue forze contro le auto...

An author's murder-suicide sends his childhood friend into the depths of obsession in this "mesmerizing blend of suspense and long-buried family secrets" ( Publishers Weekly, starred review).In his early twenties, Rob Castor won acclaim for his short stories. But that was a dozen years ago. After languishing in a state of creative paralysis, Rob's descent into darkness ended with a violent flourish: he fatally shot his ex-girlfriend—herself a successful wri...

Named one of the Best Books of the Year by the Washington Post, Booklist, BookPage, Library Journal, and Library ReadsA New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice SelectionAn IndieNext SelectionA People Magazine Pick of the WeekWinner of the Rome PrizeWinner of the American Initiative for Italian Culture “The Bridge” Book AwardLonglisted for the International DUBLIN Literary Awa...

Eli Gottlieb's previous novel, Now You See Him, was acclaimed by reviewers as "irresistible … moving" ( New York Times Book Review), "a triumph…of literary suspense" ( Los Angeles Times), and "gorgeous" ( USA Today). With The Face Thief, he returns with a driving, compulsively readable novel that probes the wellsprings of human greed and loyalty beset by temptation.Gottlieb introduces the mystery of the charismatic Margot, a promising jo...

Winner of the American Academy’s Rome Prize for Fiction and the McKitterick Prize, Eli Gottlieb’s tender, harrowing coming-of-age novel finally returns to print.Denny Graubart, child-narrator and “domestic surveillance expert,” is having some terrible suspicions about his mother and autistic brother. It’s the 1960s, aka the Diagnostic Dark Ages of Autism, and while his mother struggles to keep his brother out of an institution, signs of something more disturbing ar...

Todd Aaron ist Autist, Mitte 40 und Spezialist in Sachen Fastfood, Flugzeuge und Neil Young. Mit seinem Heimleben in Payton hat er sich gut arrangiert. Er ist immer pünktlich zur Stelle, schluckt an jedem Tag die richtige Pille und verhält sich auch sonst unauffällig ein richtiger Best Boy eben, bis sein Leben mit einem Mal aus den Fugen gerät. Auslöser hierfür sind vor allem die obskuren Ereignisse rund um einen neuen Pfleger, der bei Todd grenzenloses Misstrauen auslöst. Und dann ist da ...

Winner of the American Academy’s Rome Prize for fiction, The Boy Who Went Away is Eli Gottlieb’s tender, harrowing coming-of-age novel.For Denny Graubert, the chaotic summer of 1967—when the screams of napalm bombs on the nightly news drowned the cheers of the All-Star game—brings the painful realization that childhood has passed. While engaging in his favorite domestic spying game, Denny unwittingly discovers the desperate measures his mother will take to save his autisti...

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. His equilibrium is further worsened b...

Todd Aaron aveva undici anni quando in un giorno di pioggia la madre lo accompagnò nell'ennesima comunità di cura per bambini autistici. Adesso «la pioggia che cadde quel giorno ha quarantuno anni», e Todd non è più tornato a casa, eppure a Payton è sereno: legge l'Enciclopedia Britannica, svolge diligentemente i lavoretti che gli vengono assegnati e soprattutto prende sempre le sue medicine. È un punto di riferimento nella comunità, l'anziano del villaggio: in poche parole, un «ragazzo d'...