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008			180115s2018 nyua e 000 1 eng d
010			_abl2018001463
020			_a9780062676139 (hardback)
035			_a22064394
040			_aNjBwBT _beng _cNjBwBT _erda _dIMmBT _dNjBwBT _dNJB
082	0	4	_a813/.6 _223
099			_aF _bBAL
100	1		_aBall, Jesse, _d1978- _eauthor. _981659
245	1	0	_aCensus / _cJesse Ball.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bEcco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, _c[2018]
264		4	_c©2018.
300			_aix, 241 pages : _billustrations ; _c22 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
336			_astill image _bsti _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
520			_aWhen a widower receives notice from a doctor that he doesn't have long left to live, he is struck by the question of who will care for his adult son--a son whom he fiercely loves, a boy with Down syndrome. With no recourse in mind, and with a desire to see the country on one last trip, the man signs up as a census taker for a mysterious governmental bureau and leaves town with his son. Travelling into the country, through towns named only by ascending letters of the alphabet, the man and his son encounter a wide range of human experience. While some townspeople welcome them into their homes, others who bear the physical brand of past censuses on their ribs are wary of their presence. When they press toward the edges of civilization, the landscape grows wilder, and the towns grow farther apart and more blighted by industrial decay. As they approach "Z," the man must confront a series of questions: What is the purpose of the census? Is he complicit in its mission? And just how will he learn to say good-bye to his son?
650		0	_aCensus takers (Persons) _vFiction. _951499
650		0	_aFathers and sons _vFiction. _97214
650		0	_aVoyages and travels _vFiction. _95320
650		0	_aTerminally ill _vFiction. _98241
650		0	_aDown syndrome _vFiction. _993201
655		7	_aDystopian fiction. _2lcgft. _98891
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