Title: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Author: Mark Haddon
Published Year: 2003
Pages: 226
A captivating and quick read and its not just about a dog either. Haddon's book takes on the view point of an autistic teenage boy. I have personally worked with autistic children, teenagers and adults and I have to say what he showcases here brought many memories of those people flooding back.
Christopher the lead character is autistic and he finds the body of his neighbor's dog dead with a garden fork through it body. Of course he wants to know what happens and decides to investigate. The investigation leads to other findings of lies he has been told in his life.
Haddon is amazing as he takes real life events that many of us struggle with and puts them in the perspective of an autistic teenager where these life events are even harder to comprehend and deal with. At times I found my self wanting to cry and Haddon tugged on my heart multiple times throughout the book. I wanted so badly to smack the people in young Christopher's life that didn't help him and were seeming to give up on him.
If you think you have it rough, read this book, it puts things into a whole new perspective.
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