Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is Jonathan Safran Foer's heartrending New York novelIn a vase in a closet; a couple of years after his father died in 9/11; nine-year-old Oskar discovers a key . . .The key belonged to his father; he's sure of that. But which of New York's 162 million locks does it open?So begins a quest that takes Oskar - inventor; letter-writer and amateur detective - across New York's five boroughs and into the jumbled lives of friends; relatives and complete strangers. He gets heavy boots; he gives himself little bruises and he inches ever nearer to the heart of a family mystery that stretches back fifty years. But will it take him any closer to; or even further from; his lost father?Moving; literary and innovative; perfect for fans of Lorrie Moore and Nicole Krauss; Jonathan Safran Foer's Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close was made into a major film starring Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock; released in 2012.Jonathan Safran Foer was born in 1977. He is the author of Everything is Illuminated; which won the National Jewish Book Award and the Guardian First Book award; and Eating Animals; and the editor of A Convergence of Birds.