TitleThe Ninth Life of Louis Drax
Author
Liz Jensen
Copyright
2004
Well, I don't really know where to start on this book. It is a great read, let me assure you and it will definitely mess with your head. I guess the only way to describe this book is that it is a paranormal mystery in which a nine year old comatose patient named Louis Drax is communicating with through doctor's spells of sleep walking, but even so this description falls short. Louis is what you would call an emotionally disturbed child. He is constantly having accidents, and each year he nearly dies. The circumstances that have caused young Louis to be in this coma are unclear, but his life has been anything but interesting.
The narrative style of this particular book is very interesting in that it shifts in first-person semi-"stream of consciousness" writing between both Louis (who is still in his coma) and Dr. Dannachet (who tells what is going on in the "real" world). I would highly highly highly reccommend reading this one, and I have delayed posting it until Sayshana finished reading it. Odds are we'll get some commentary on it from her, as well.
The main focuses of this novel are on the parent/child relationship as well as on what is paranormal versus psychological. I warn you when you read this novel, that nothing is really exactly what it seems so be prepared to be shocked.
Oh, and there is also recent information about a movie planned for 2008. Here's the link to imdb about it: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0422829/
