![]() ![]() ![]() But it was really Matthew's voice that kept me reading The Goldfish Boy. The two mysteries (Teddy's disappearance and the root of Matthew's compulsions) captured my interest. This viewpoint and attention to detail position Matthew somewhat for putting together the clues about Teddy's disappearance, though he ends up needing some on-the-ground help from two neighbors. So trapped by his fears of germs that he is virtually unable to leave his house, Matthew entertains himself by watching his neighbors out the window. Matthew's voice is simply fascinating, unusual and distinctive, painful yet funny. As Matthew strives to figure out what happened to little Teddy, he also shares clues with readers about the triggers for his own steadily worsening obsessive compulsive disorder. The story is told by first person narrator Matthew, who is wrestling with his own demons. Set on a small street in a suburb outside of London, The Goldfish Boy is about the mysterious disappearance of a toddler. The Goldfish Boy is a very impressive debut novel by Lisa Thompson. ![]()
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