House Rules Locus Award Nominee for Best Fantasy Novel (1991) in that instant

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House Rules Locus Award Nominee for Best Fantasy Novel (1991) in that instantJacob Hunt is brilliant at maths, has a wicked sense of humour, is extraordinarily organised, and is hopeless at reading social cues. He has Asperger's and is locked in his own worldaware of the outside world and wanting to make a connection. Jacob tries to be like everyone else but doesn't know how. When his tutor is found dead, all the hallmark behaviours of Jacob's syndromenot looking someone in the eye, odd movements, inappropriate actionsstart