NATHAN NELSON IS THE AVERAGE SON OF A GENIUS. His father, a
physicist of small renown, has prodded him toward greatness from an
early age -- enrolling him in whiz kid summer camps, taking him to
the icy tundra of Canada to track a solar eclipse, and teaching him
college algebra. But despite Samuel Nelson's efforts, Nathan
remains ordinary.
Then, in the summer of 1987, everything changes. While visiting
his small-town grandfather in Michigan, Nathan is involved in a
terrible accident. After a brief clinical death -- which he later
recalls as a lackluster affair lasting less than the length of a
Top 40 pop song -- he falls into a coma. When he awakens, Nathan
finds that everyday life is radically different. His perceptions of
sight, sound, and memory have been irrevocably changed. The doctors
and his parents fear permanent brain damage. But the truth of his
condition is more unexpected and leads to a renewed chance for
Nathan to find his place in the world.
Thinking that his son's altered brain is worthy of serious
inquiry, Samuel arranges for Nathan to attend the Brook-Mills
Institute, a Midwestern research center where savants, prodigies,
and neurological misfits are studied and their specialties applied.
Immersed in this strange atmosphere -- where an autistic boy can
tell you what day Christmas falls on in 3026 but can't tie his
shoelaces, where a medical intuitive can diagnose cancer during a
long-distance phone call with a patient -- Nathan begins to unravel
the mysteries of his new mind. He also tries to make peace with the
crushing weight of his father's expectations.
"The Beautiful Miscellaneous" is an extraordinary follow-up to
Dominic Smith's critically acclaimed debut, "The Mercury Visions of
Louis Daguerre." This dazzling new novel explores the fault lines
that can cause a family to drift apart and the unexpected events
that can pull them back together.
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