A compelling and insightful read, it tells a remarkable story and offers a wonderfully rare and unique insight into the mind of an autistic child, explaining the often baffling behaviour autism can sometimes generate. Thirteen-year-old Naoki Higashida proves that autistic people do indeed possess imagination, humour and empathy, but also makes clear, with great poignancy, how badly they also need our compassion and understanding.
Translated by Cloud Atlas author David Mitchell and his wife.
