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n this original and lusciously book-loving new novel, Booker Prize finalist Ozeki introduces 14-year-old Benny, who starts hearing voices after his musician father dies. Emanating from a sneaker or a sad-sack leaf of lettuce, these voices can be friendly or ominous, and they are getting louder and starting to follow him everywhere. So he goes to the library, where the surrounding objects show some respect and speak quietly. There he befriends a street artist and drifting philosopher-poet and finds his very own Book, which tells him the story of his life.