The Young and prodigious T. S. Spivet
Title:
The Young and prodigious T. S. Spivet
Author:
Larsen, Reif.
ISBN:
9780099589990
Publication Information:
London : Vintage books, 2014.
Physical Description:
374 p. : ill., maps ; 19 cm
Abstract:
This brilliant, boundary-leaping debut novel traces 12-year-old genius map-maker T.S. Spivet's attempts to understand the ways of the world, taking T.S. on a journey from his family ranch just north of Divide, Montana, to the Smithsonian's hallowed halls.
Subject:
| Gifted boys -- Montana -- Fiction. |
| Ranch life -- Montana -- Fiction. |
| Cartography -- Fiction. |
| Voyages and travels -- Fiction. |
| Road fiction. |
| Adventure fiction. |
| Humorous fiction. |
| Bildungsromans. |
Summary:
This brilliant, boundary-leaping debut novel traces 12-year-old genius map-maker T.S. Spivet's attempts to understand the ways of the world, taking T.S. on a journey from his family ranch just north of Divide, Montana, to the Smithsonian's hallowed halls.