Crazy - (Vintage International) by Benjamin Lebert (Paperback)

About the Book

This autobiographical coming-of-age novel, written when the author was 16-years-old, tells the story of Benni, who is partially paralyzed and a serial failure, who finds other strange boys to hang with, and together they set out to experience what they can: Girls, booze, sex, and philosophy among other things.

Book Synopsis

A smart, funny, poignant, very modern autobiographical coming-of-age novel, written when the author was sixteen years old. Like Catcher in the Rye, Crazy appeals to the teenager in us all.

Benni himself is partially paralyzed and a serial failure (he's been kicked out of four boarding schools in his short life and has just entered his fifth). So he's a little odd, but he's cool and he finds other strange boys to hang with. Together they set out to experience what they can: girls, booze, sex, philosophy, drugs, sex, books, music, sex-pretty much everything whatever. And Benni lets us in on "the crazy life" he figures is the only way to deal with the crazy world.

Review Quotes

"Anything he writes is, by definition, pitch-perfect."-The New York Times Book Review

About the Author

Benjamin Lebert was born in Freiburg in 1982 and has lived in Munich since he was eight. He writes articles for the young-adult supplement of the Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich's leading newspaper.