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A funny, poignant and unforgettable novel about Frank - one of the most lovable and unusual characters you´ll ever meet

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A funny, poignant and unforgettable novel about Frank - one of the most lovable and unusual characters you´ll ever meet. For some boys fitting in means standing out

Meet Frank - he isn´t like other kids. Intrepid explorer, sartorial connoisseur; he´s as strange as he is brilliant. But Frank discovers the hard way that people don´t like brilliant and they hate strange. What Frank longs for - aside from a father - is a friend.

Meet Mimi - a reclusive literary legend and mother to Frank. Mimi has been holed up in her Bel Air mansion for years, keeping her secrets and hiding Frank from a cruel world. Until Alice.

Meet Alice - the level-headed young woman charged with looking after Mimi´s unusual son. In so doing, Alice discovers what it really means to love someone. And she finds a part of herself she never knew was missing.

Funny, poignant and unforgettable, this novel - like Frank - is a one-off creation you´ll fall in love with.

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Sit back...and enjoy the show. New York Times Book Review

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