The Young and prodigious T. S. Spivet
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
The Young and prodigious T. S. Spivet
AUTHOR:
Larsen, Reif.
ISBN:
9780099589990
PUBLICATION_INFO:
London : Vintage books, 2014.
PHYSICAL_DESC:
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. |
BIBSUMMARY:
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.