A journey into one of the most fascinating minds alive today--guided by its owner.... Starting from early childhood, when he was incapable of making friends and prone to tantrums, to young adulthood, when he learned how to control himself and to live independently, fell in love, experienced a religious conversion to Christianity, and most recently, emerged as a celebrity.--From publisher description.

Originally published: London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2006.

Blue nines and red words -- Early years -- Struck by lightning: epilepsy -- School days -- Odd one out -- Adolescence -- Ticket to Kaunas -- Falling in love -- Gift of tongues -- Very large slice of Pi -- Meeting Kim Peek -- Reykjavik, New York, home.