Marcelo Sandoval hears music that no one else can hear-part of an autism-like condition that no doctor has had the opportunity to recognize. But his father has never fully believed in the music or Marcelo’s variations, and he problems Marcelo to work in the mailroom of his lawyer for the summer . to join “real life.”

Generally there Marcelo meets Jasmine, his beautiful and surprising coworker, and Wendell, the son of another partner in the firm. He learns about competition and jealousy, anger and desire. But it’s an image he finds in a file-a picture of a girl with half of a face-that truly connects him with the real world: its suffering, its injustice, and what he can do to fight.

Reminiscent of The Curious Event of the Dog in the Night-Time in the intensity and purity of its tone of voice, this extraordinary audiobook is a love tale, a legal play, and a special event from the music each of us hears inside.