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19%OFFReif Larsen - The Young and Prodigious TS Spivet - 9780099589990 - 9780099589990
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The Young and Prodigious TS Spivet

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Description for The Young and Prodigious TS Spivet Paperback. T S makes sense of his chaotic family life 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. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 190 x 29. Weight in Grams: 388.

Dear Spivet Family,
I have gone for a while to do some work. Don't worry, I'll be fine. I didn't want to bother you by telling about it ahead of time. Thank you for taking care of me. You are one of the best families in the world.
Love, T.S.

T.S. makes sense of his chaotic family life 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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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099589990
SKU
9780099589990
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About Reif Larsen
Reif Larsen is the author of The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet which was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and has now been made into a film by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, the director of Amélie. He studied at Brown University and has taught at Columbia University. His essays and fiction ... Read more

Reviews for The Young and Prodigious TS Spivet
Here is a book that does the impossible: it combines Mark Twain, Thomas Pynchon, and Little Miss Sunshine. Good novels entertain; great ones come as a gift to the readers who are lucky enough to find them. This book is a treasure
Stephen King
Larsen has made an impressive mark ... spectacularly funny
Sunday Times
Reif ... Read more

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