Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Foer)

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 
Jonathan Safran Foer, 2005
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
368pp.
ISBN-13: 9780618711659

Summary  
Nine-year-old Oskar Schell has embarked on an urgent, secret mission that will take him through the five boroughs of New York. His goal is to find the lock that matches a mysterious key that belonged to his father, who died in the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11.

This seemingly impossible task will bring Oskar into contact with survivors of all sorts on an exhilarating, affecting, often hilarious, and ultimately healing journey.

Jonathan Safran Foer emerged as one of the most original writers of his generation with his best-selling debut novel, Everything Is Illuminated. Now, with humor, tenderness, and awe, he confronts the traumas of our recent history. (From the publisher.)

The novel was adapted to film in 2011; it stars Tom Hanks, Thomas Horn, and Sandra Bullock.