Introducing a bright young voice destined to charm the world, The Universe Versus Alex Woods is a celebration of curious incidents, astronomy and astrology, the works of Kurt Vonnegut and the unexpected connections that form our world. - Jasper Fforde.
Warm and funny and tragic and uplifting all in one.
So when, aged seventeen, Alex is stopped at customs with 113 grams of marijuana, an urn full of ashes on the front seat, and an entire nation in uproar, he\'s fairly sure he\'s done the right thing ...
That you have to make it count.
Someone who teaches him that that you only get one shot at life.
Peterson, he finds an unlikely friend.
But when he meets curmudgeonly widower Mr.
The son of a fortune teller, bookish, and an easy target for bullies, Alex hasn\'t had the easiest childhood.
A rare meteorite struck Alex Woods when he was ten years old, leaving scars and marking him for an extraordinary future.
Introducing a bright young voice destined to charm the world, The Universe Versus Alex Woods is a celebration of curious incidents, astronomy and astrology, the works of Kurt Vonnegut and the unexpected connections that form our world