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who may cling to tradition

and culture

Their odyssey

a faltering marriage

Or the whisper of the next river

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Portobello Books who may cling to traditionIn a vase in a closet, a couple of years after his father died in 9 11, nine year old Oskar discovers a key The key belonged to his father, he's sure of that. But which of New York's 162 million locks does it open? So begins a quest that takes Oskar inventor, letter writer and amateur detective across New York's five boroughs and into the jumbled lives of friends, relatives, and complete strangers. He gets heavy boots, he gives himself little bruises