Before the Decade Ends, Here Are the Best Novels of the 21st Century

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer (2005)

One year after his father died in the September 11 attacks, 9-year-old Oskar Schell discovers a key in a vase that once belonged to him. Oskar embarks on a mission to find the lock that matches the key, taking him on an adventure through all five boroughs of New York.

At the Wife Carrying World Championships in Finland, first prize is the wife's weight in beer.
Donkeys and dolphins are sometimes used as guard animals.
One area of Canada has a weaker gravitational pull than the rest of Earth.
St. Lucia is the only country that is named after a woman.

Before the Decade Ends, Here Are the Best Novels of the 21st Century

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer (2005)

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