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| Author | John Elder Robison |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Memoir |
| Publisher | Three Rivers Press |
Publication date | September 25, 2007 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Hardcover |
| Pages | 304 pp. |
| ISBN | 978-0-307-39598-6 |
| OCLC | 122309450 |
| 362.196/8588320092 B 22 | |
| LC Class | RC553.A88 R635 2007 |
Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's is a 2007New York Times bestselling book byJohn Elder Robison, chronicling the author's life withAsperger syndrome and tough times growing up.
Published in2007 on theCrown imprint ofRandom House,Look Me in the Eye describes how Robison grew up as a misfit in the 1960s, at a time when the Asperger syndrome diagnosisdid not exist in the United States. The book describes how Robison learns to fit in, without actually knowing why he was different. His situation was made even more complicated at times by his neglectful and abusive father and a somewhat crazed mother. After dropping out of school, he had a sudden fascination with sound engineering and electronics.[1] His strong interest led to unusual career choices, including time withPink Floyd's sound company, making special effects for the bandKiss, designing electronic games and toys forMicrovision, and starting his own business repairing and restoring expensive cars. Robison finally learned aboutAsperger syndrome in 1996, at age 39, and his life was transformed by the knowledge.[2] He was first introduced to the public in his brotherAugusten Burroughs' memoirRunning with Scissors.[1] He wroteLook Me in the Eye as his perspective of the family and his life in 2006, after the death of his father.[1][3]
Look Me in the Eye was originally published inhardcover by the Crown imprint ofRandom House in the United States. The book is also available as a Random House Audiobook, with the abridged version narrated by Robison himself. The paperback was published byThree Rivers Press in September 2008.Look Me in the Eye was also published and distributed byRandom House in Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The United Kingdom edition is available from Ebury Books.[4]
In 2008, foreign language editions were published in Italy[5] and France.[6]
