Overview
Look Me in the Eye is the moving, darkly funny story of growing up with Aspergers at a time when the diagnosis simply didnt exist. Abridged. 5 CDs.
Full Product Details
Author: John Elder Robison ,
John Elder Robison ,
Augusten Burroughs
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
Imprint: Random House Inc
Edition: Abridged edition
Dimensions:
Width: 14.10cm
, Height: 2.70cm
, Length: 15.90cm
Weight: 0.172kg
ISBN: 9780739357682
ISBN 10: 0739357689
Publication Date: 25 September 2007
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability: In Print
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.
Reviews
Deeply felt and often darkly funny, Look Me in the Eye is a delight. <br>-- People magazine, Critics Choice, 4 Stars <br> It's a fantastic life story (highlights include building guitars for KISS) told with grace, humor, and a bracing lack of sentimentality. <br>-- Entertainment Weekly <br> Dramatic and revealing. <br>-- Boston Globe <br> Lean, powerful in its descriptive accuracy and engaging in its understated humor...Emotionally gripping. <br>-- Chicago Tribune <br> Robison's lack of finesse with language is not only forgivable, but an asset to his story . . . His rigid sentences are arguably more telling of his condition than if he had created the most graceful prose this side of Proust. <br>-- Chicago Sun-Times <br> Look Me in the Eye is a fantastic read that takes readers into the mind of an Aspergian both through its plot and through the calm, logical style in which Robison writes. . . Even if you have no personal connections with Asperger's, you'll fin
"Deeply felt and often darkly funny, Look Me in the Eye is a delight."<br>— People magazine, Critics Choice, 4 Stars <br>“It's a fantastic life story (highlights include building guitars for KISS) told with grace, humor, and a bracing lack of sentimentality.”<br>— Entertainment Weekly <br>“Dramatic and revealing.”<br>— Boston Globe <br>“Lean, powerful in its descriptive accuracy and engaging in its understated humor...Emotionally gripping.” <br>— Chicago Tribune <br>“Robison’s lack of finesse with language is not only forgivable, but an asset to his story . . . His rigid sentences are arguably more telling of his condition than if he had created the most graceful prose this side of Proust.”<br>— Chicago Sun-Times <br>“ Look Me in the Eye is a fantastic read that takes readers into the mind of an Aspergian both through its plot and through the calm, logical style in which Robison
Author Information
John Elder Robison lives with his wife and son in Amherst, Massachusetts. His company, J E Robison Service, repairs and restores fine European automobiles. Visit his website at www.johnrobison.com.
