Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is a literary fiction book by author Jonathan Safran Foer.
The novel has made the house.
Critics marvel at winning a number of literary awards.
It has been published in 24 countries and will soon become a major motion picture.
Oskar Schell, 9, is an early Francophone who idolizes Stephen Hawking and plays the incredibly brilliant tambourine. He’s a young boy struggling to come to terms with his father’s death during the World Trade Center attacks. As he searches New York City to find a lock that matches the mysterious key left behind by his father, Oskar uncovers more than he could have imagined.
