![]() ![]() ![]() Perfectly placed hints about Dougie's obsessive behaviors, his preoccupation with fire, the Tuttle place, and Andy's true fate peek out from behind Dougie's uncomfortably matter-of-fact narration, carefully building into an intimate portrayal of a boy walking the razor-thin wire between sanity and madness. Right?"), but they may not guess how unreliable he is at first, so convincing is he. I find it troubling that she finds me disturbing, so she must be right. In fact, she thinks that I am troubled and disturbed. Right away, readers will know that something is off about Dougie ("I am very easy to get along with. In fact, Dougie and Andy stay friends because they don't talk about the Tuttle place if they do, Dougie might remember something he is trying very hard to forget. Though popular, athletic, and attractive Andy is Dougie's opposite in every way, Dougie knows they are best friends, even after what happened at the Tuttle place three years ago. ![]() ![]() There are only two things he cares about: his excruciatingly detailed model railroad and town, named Madham, which takes up three Ping-Pong tables and his best friend Andy Morrow, who lives next door. Seventeen-year-old Dougie Hanson knows the importance of focus and concentration, of "doing exactly one thing at a time." He doesn't think he is troubled, like everyone says, and he thinks his weekly visits to the psychiatrist and the pills he is supposed to take are unnecessary. ![]()
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