![]() ![]() I thought it was funny since the universe is also the literal foe in Alex’s story – a fragment of meteor hits him, and that marks the beginning of his misfortune. How do you make “the universe” the foe?ĮXTENCE: I think it’s quite common for teenagers to feel like the whole universe is against them – their parents don’t understand them, the schoolyard is a jungle, the opposite sex a mystery – so in a way, the novel’s title was a play on this idea. ”ĪUTHORLINK: There’s no person who is the main antagonist (Declan is a problem, but not central to Alex’s battle). “A lot of the book, I think, is about how human beings cope with universal tragedies. What starts out as punishment, turns into a friendship with the gruff, reclusive Vietnam Vet that takes Alex to surprising places. When he can return to school, his bookish ways make him the brunt of bully attacks, which then lead him to being wrongly accused of shattering Mr. After the meteorite hits Alex in the head at age ten, he spends a year dealing with epilepsy with his fortune-telling mother. An exclusive Authorlink interview with Gavin Extence,įrom meteorites to marijuana, it seems even the universe is out to get Alex in Gavin Extence’s debut novel. ![]()
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