The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

WinneroftheWhitbreadBookoftheYear'Outstanding...astunninglygoodread'Observer'MarkHaddon'sportrayalofanemotionallydissociatedmindisasuperbachievement...Wiseandbleaklyfunny'IanMcEwanTheCuriousIncidentoftheDogintheNight-Timeisamurdermysterynovellikenoother.Thedetective,andnarrator,isChristopherBoone.ChristopherisfifteenandhasAsperger'sSyndrome.Heknowsaverygreatdealaboutmathsandverylittleabouthumanbeings.Heloveslists,patternsandthetruth.Hehatesthecoloursyellowandbrownandbeingtouched.Hehasnevergonefurtherthantheendoftheroadonhisown,butwhenhefindsaneighbour'sdogmurderedhesetsoutonaterrifyingjourneywhichwillturnhiswholeworldupsidedown.