false 604635 13 Troubled by an inability to find any meaning in his life, the 25-year-old narrator of this deceptively simple novel quits university and eventually arrives at his brother's New York apartment. In a bid to discover what life is all about, he writes lists. He becomes obsessed by time and whether it actually matters. He faxes his meteorologist friend. He endlessly bounces a ball against the wall. He befriends a small boy who lives next door. He yearns to get to the bottom of life and how best to live it. Funny, friendly, enigmatic and frequently poignant - superbly naive 950536 2005 Naive. Super total:533|5:188|4:180|3:124|2:34|1:7| 533 2107 780 68 5 0 false false Mon Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 01:44:12 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 02:11:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Feb 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 10:37:23 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 00:32:24 -0800 2009
This actually turned out to be a little ...more...]]> 5 4 false false Sun Jan 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 15:46:31 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 08:10:37 -0800 2009 3 I tried to send Erlend Loe himself a letter once.
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