An inspired innocent, Oskar is alternately endearing, exasperating, and hilarious as he careens from Central Park to Coney Island to Harlem on his search. His mission is to find the lock that fits a mysterious key belonging to his father, who died in the World Trade Center on 9/11. And he is on an urgent, secret search through the five boroughs of New York. Meet Oskar Schell, an inventor, Francophile, tambourine player, Shakespearean actor, jeweler, pacifist, correspondent with Stephen Hawking and Ringo Starr. What he discovers is solace in that most human quality, imagination. Now, with humor, tenderness, and awe, he confronts the traumas of our recent history. Jonathan Safran Foer emerged as one of the most original writers of his generation with his best-selling debut novel, Everything Is Illuminated. Summary: A new novel by the author of Everything Is Illuminated introduces Oskar Schell, the nine-year-old son of a man killed in the World Trade Center bombing who searches the city for a lock that fits a black key his father left behind.
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