![]() ![]() This book grips the reader’s attention from the outset. Oscar, he realises, has been snatched by the ALDI Kidnapper, and suddenly he, the lowly-gifted one, is a detective. Despite his lowly gifts Rico springs into action. ![]() He acquires his first friend – a hochbegabt (‘highly-gifted’) and anxietyridden boy called Oscar, the exact opposite of himself, who is due to visit him when his mother is away but fails to turn up. Then suddenly everything changes for Rico. While he struggles to cope with the whirrings of his own mind, he pays no attention to news about the ‘ALDI Kidnapper’ currently at large in Berlin and preying on local children. His main occupation – apart from watching Miss Marple films with his elderly neighbour, Frau Dahling – is observing the other occupants of the apartment block, particularly Herr Marrak and his oversized laundry bag. Rico lives in a Kreuzberg apartment with his beautiful, somewhat feckless mother, who works nights in a club (his father died in a fishing accident). ![]() He’s unable to retain instructions, mixes up left and right (hence is only allowed out if his route doesn’t involve turning corners), dislikes any change to his routine, and takes metaphors literally. Rico Doretti is an unusual boy. ‘ Tiefbegabt’ (‘lowly gifted’), is what he wryly calls his condition. ![]()
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