For fans of The
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime comes this landmark novel
about autism, memory, and, ultimately, redemption.

Sent to a
"therapeutic community" for autism at the age of eleven, Todd Aaron,
now in his fifties, is the "Old Fox" of Payton Living Center. A
joyous man who rereads the encyclopedia compulsively, he is unnerved by the
sudden arrivals of a menacing new staffer and a disruptive, brain-injured
roommate. His equilibrium is further worsened by Martine, a one-eyed new
resident who has romantic intentions and convinces him to go off his meds to
feel "normal" again. Undone by these pressures, Todd attempts an
escape to return "home" to his younger brother and to a childhood that
now inhabits only his dreams.

Written astonishingly in
the first-person voice of an autistic, adult man, Best Boy—with its
unforgettable portraits of Todd's beloved mother, whose sweet voice still sings
from the grave, and a staffer named Raykene, who says that Todd "reflects
the beauty of His creation"—is a piercing, achingly funny, finally
shattering novel no reader can ever forget.