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.