600 Hours of Edward is a 2009 novel by
Craig Lancaster, about Edward, a man with
Asperger syndrome. As the title implies, the novel is about six hundred separate hours in Edward's life, as recorded in his journal.
Story
Edward lives a rigidly ordered life in
Billings, Montana, which usually culminates in watching an episode of the police procedural drama Dragnet on old
VHS tapes every night. Any deviation from this routine upsets him.
Occasionally he meets with a counselor; he is unemployed.
The sequel Edward Adrift follows on where the story leaves off.