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A rare meteorite struck Alex Woods when he was 10 years old, leaving scars and marking him for an extraordinary future. The son of a fortune teller, bookish, and an easy target for bullies, Alex hasn't had the easiest childhood. But when he meets curmudgeonly widower Mr. Peterson, he finds an unlikely friend. Someone who teaches him that that you only get one shot at life. So when, aged 17, Alex is stopped at customs with 113 grams of marijuana, an urn full of ashes on the front seat, and an entire nation in uproar, he's fairly sure he's done the right thing....

Life has its ups and downs. From the author of The Universe Versus Alex Woods comes a dark, painful, and witty novel about a woman whose life is spiralling out of control. You're going to find some of my actions frustrating. I'm hard to live with, maddening, uneven - I get that. But I can't stand around listing my faults, or we'll be here for ever. All I ask right now is that you indulge me. For as long as it lasts, this is going to be one hell of a ride.

Gavin Extence, the celebrated author of The Universe Versus Alex Woods, joins Robin Morgan in the Audible Studios to talk about his latest novel, The Empathy Problem.

Alex weiß, dass die unwahrscheinlichsten Dinge passieren können - seine Narben beweisen es. Was er noch nicht weiß: Er wird in dem übellaunigen Mr. Peterson einen ungleichen Freund finden, der ihn lehrt, dass es die richtigen Entscheidungen zu treffen gilt. Als Alex Jahre später mit 113 Gramm Marihuana und einer Urne voll Asche an der Grenze in Dover gestoppt wird, ist er ziemlich sicher, das Richtige getan zu haben.

Beneath the stars, on a stony beach, stand two brothers. They are wearing lifejackets that are too big for them and their most precious belongings are sealed in waterproof bags tucked inside the rucksacks on their backs. Turkey is behind them. Two or three kilometres' swim away is the Greek island of Samos, now only a smudge in the moonlight.