**** horse-race–obsessed, autistic Australian genius writes unique short stories

*** dialysis and death...Hugo is the best

* if you've read Infinite Jest, these stories may cause flashbacks

* cep writes the book harper lee could not in 150 pages then tells story of harper lee's writer's block

another dud...hard to follow, hard to care

genius boy seeks father...I didn't get it...484 pages

not scientific, but thought-provoking...it does have that malcolmgladwellian stink