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The German literary sensation of 1999, this bestselling debut novel has been described as CATCHER IN THE RYE crossed with EMIL AND THE DETECTIVES. "Hey, you lot. My name is Benjamin Lebert, I'm sixteen, and a cripple. Just so you know. I thought it might be of mutual interest." This is how the autobiographical hero of this extraordinary novel introduces himself to his classmates. Before long, despite being paralysed down his left side, the author and his five friends are chasing girls and running away from school - all the time pondering the meaning of life. Warm, witty, self-depreciating and fearless, Lebert is both a beguiling writer and the irrestible hero of his own first novel.

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This is the story of Crazy: when the book was first published in Germany it was a literary sensation, topping the bestseller lists. It has been compared to JD Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye. It is being made into a film. Its author, Benjamin Lebert, wrote the book when he was only 16 years old.

This is the story in Crazy: Benjamin Lebert, an under-achiever who is paralysed on the left side of his body, is placed in a new boarding school. His father has left his mother for a buxom 20-year-old. His sister's sexy lesbian lovers have been taunting him. He has a bad grade in mathematics. He is cynical about life. At school he makes friends with a motley crew of boys and, despite being disabled, participates in all their nefarious pranks. His friends also provide a network of support for him and a sounding board for his ideas about life, love and happiness. They all share their insecurities, talk about family relationship, chase after girls, smoke a lot, run away from school and get drunk in a sleazy striptease bar.

What's special about Crazy is that Lebert tells us a lot about how teenagers think. We learn about their views on adulthood, sex, family, religion and life. "Old people have a completely different attitude to life. They don't like us. And we don't like them." Crazy is an excellent coming-of-age novel; a charming glimpse of adolescence by a captivating young author. --Edward Bloor

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"Catcher In The Rye for the MTV generation"-Daily Telegraph"

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  • PublisherHamish Hamilton
  • Publication date2000
  • ISBN 10 0241140935
  • ISBN 13 9780241140932
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages192
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