Lou is autistic. He is high-functioning, but autistic nonetheless. He has a job, lives independently in his own apartment, and has his own car. He has built a life for himself; perhaps not one that others understand as 'normal', but a life that suits him, for the most part. Sometimes he wishes he were 'normal', but then he wonders if being 'normal' would be better.
Then he is offered an experimental 'cure' for his 'condition'. If he takes the chance for this treatment, he will be just like everyone else. But would he still be himself? Will he still love classical music, and the shapes and colors and patterns he sees in his mind - that 'normal' people can't see? He has to decide whether to have a surgery that might completely change the way he sees the world, and the very essence of who he is.
Written in first person, this is an interesting study in the inner workings of the mind of someone who can't express himself in 'normal' ways.
378 pages
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