Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
| Author | Jonathan Safran Foer |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Jon Gray |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin |
Publication date | 1 April 2005 (1st edition) |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 368 pp (hardback & paperback editions) |
| ISBN | 0-618-32970-6 (hardback edition) |
| OCLC | 57319795 |
| 813/.6 22 | |
| LC Class | PS3606.O38 E97 2005 |
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close is a 2005 novel by Jonathan Safran Foer. The book's narrator is a nine-year-old boy named Oskar Schell. In the story, Oskar discovers a key in a vase that belonged to his father, who died a year earlier in the September 11 attacks. The discovery inspires Oskar to search all around New York for information about the key and closure following his father's death.