The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Mark Haddon

Christopher John Francis Boone is autistic, a detective and an author. "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" is a murder mystery written by Christopher after a neighborhood dog is killed with a gardening tool. Briefly suspected of the dastardly deed, Christopher sets out to discover what really happened, in the process unravelling the lives of his parents and neighbors. Haddon has written a piercing look at the inner life of an autistic child. Most interesting are Christopher's explanations of people's emotions, his understanding of social interactions and the way in which he experiences new places and people. Christopher leaps off the page with immediacy, alternately hilarious and heart-breaking.
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