Edward Staunton is different. He suffers from OCD and Aspergers. He sees the world from a perspective few of us do. He has a strained relationship with his father and his mother is distant. His closest relationship is with his psychologist and he wistfully hopes to be more like Sergeant Joe Friday from the Dragnet TV show, which he watches every night at exactly the same time. Mostly Edward likes facts and data and he likes his data to be complete. When Edward's schedule dictates he must paint his garage door, a boy from across the road wanders over and says hello. As a result Edward's world slowly starts to change around him.
The best books are the hardest to review, so I will not go on. If you want a read that will make you smile about every other page, laugh out loud very often, that will reveal a little of yourself and wrap you in a hypnotising life affirming narrative, then look no further. Easily up there with my all time favourite books.
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