@Denker
Cars aren't spectacularly difficult to operate if they're automatics, a few minutes figuring out which was pedal was "go" and which was "stop" is probably all he needed; if he's literate enough to play GTA, he can obviously figure out that "D" is drive and from watching his parents he could discern that the steering wheel is used to turn the car. Once again, the focus on the video game is distracting from the point of the article.

I doubt many people here have read Perdido Street Station, but it is seriously the most fantastic novel I've read in the past year; Mieville writes like Rembrant paints.

Every person in the book, from the main scientist, to the people killed in three sentences by the main conflict, has distinct motivations and character; the author clearly put a great deal of thought into exactly how each person arrived at their particular place in the novel.

Pick it up and read it, you will NOT be disappointed!