How to Be ’Normal’: Notes on the Eccentricities of Modern Life

＂Have you ever wondered how neurotypicals--so called ’normal’ people--come across to those who are on the autistic spectrum? Daniel Tammet is an essayist, poet, novelist, and translator. In 2004, he was diagnosed with high-functioning autistic savant syndrome. In this ... book, he takes readers on a tour around nightclubs, ponders the significance of tattoos, delves into anti-age creams, and puzzles over playing the lottery, all from the perspective of someone who approaches everything in life from a unique angle.These short essays come together in a ... narrative that focuses on the eccentricities of modern life as seen through the eyes of someone always on the outside＂--

Formerly an autistic child whose mother tongue was numbers, Daniel Tammet is the author of a rich and widely acclaimed body of work, including memoirs, essays, literary reportage, poetry and fiction. Born on a Blue Day (2006) and Every Word is a Bird We Teach to Sing (2017) were named by Booklist magazine among the editors’ annual selections. Thinking in Numbers (2012) was a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week. Tammet’s books have been translated into thirty languages. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.