I'll admit, it has taken me a little while to get my head around this book. When I first finished it on the weekend I wasn't too keen but the more I've thought about it (and not always through choice) the more I've liked it. The story follows Will/Lowboy through 24 hours after he has escaped from his school and stopped taking his medication in order to save the world from hotting up (translate this into what every 16 year old boy wants and it makes a lot more sense). In doing so we see him change from the lucid and relatively normal teenager Will into the confused/deluded/unstable dreamer Lowboy. This is a coming of age story with a twist as the title character is a paranoid schizophrenic, who knows he's sick but stops taking his meds, so he can save the world (as far as he is concerned). The added twist toward the end of the story is well hinted at and you will guess that there is something not quite right but you may not get what it is (I didn't and was kicking myself that I didn't, it's so obvious when you find out what it is). This is a subtly thrilling book that grows on you even after you've finished it and is one that I'm sure gets better the more times you read it.