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"Sonny's Blues" by James Baldwin. It manages to express what musicians--particularly jazz musicians--feel about music and what they feel as they play better than anything else I've ever read. It's also a painful/wonderful story about two brothers coming to accept and understand each other.

First of all, let me say how sorry I am. Depression is enormously difficult for people who have never suffered from it to accept and understand. It can really take a toll on everyone around. Just hang in there and be sure the person is getting professional help. The Noonday Demon: An...

And? :confused: What was he like? Did you have the chance to talk with him? If so, how was that? Do you feel meeting him has changed the way you read him? etc.

Yes, I agree. However, one of the more interesting aspects is how the boy comes to find out the truth(s). Although the book reveals a great deal about how someone with Asperger's experiences "the world," it also gives us a different view of ourselves. After I got used to his speech patterns...

One more thought/question: Why is this string in the "fiction" forum? It's pretty clearly non-fiction which, I think, would clear up at least some of the problems some readers have with it. And Mediamist, I hope you were able to stay with it to the end. How he died isn't what (or all)...

Yes. Winner 2004 - Whitbread Literary Awards: http://www.whitbread-bookawards.co.uk/index.cfm?page=25 Winner 2004 - Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Best First Book http://www.commonwealthwriters.com/

This is probably the best book I've read this year. And a friend whose son also suffers from Asperger's syndrome said that Haddon gives an amazingly accurate depiction of how such a child sees and tries to function within the world. Two bits really caught my eye. "I do not tell lies...

Cover blurbs aren't always (if ever) within an author's control. Yes, it's a true story, but there's another reason for letting the reader know right from the start that he's dead (the author himself does this). The book takes the reader on a journey to discover exactly what happened to...