The Curious Incident

The title of Mark Haddon's The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time and its cover make this novel seems as a children's book, but it surely aren't that. The main character is a 15-year-old Christopher Boone, with his own words 'a mathematician with some behavioral difficulties'. Eventhought the writer has denied it and it's not said in the book, the summaries in the cover still claim he would have Asperger syndrome. But sure is Christopher has a severe problems to regonise and understand emotions.
   One night on his night-time trips in the neighbourhood he found his neighbour's dog Wellington cruelly murdered with a garden fork. Against his father's will he start to investigate the dead of Wellington and eventually he'll reveal some other secrets too...
   The narration is an interesting mix of scientific facts and childish naivety. Chapters are numbered with prime numbers, there's some graphic problems, mostly on math.  The title is a quote of Sherlock Holmes in the short story Silver Blaze.
   Christopher aren't the most easiest character to identify, but his narration voice force the reader to look things for his point of view, which is a fascinating experience.
   The whole reading experience could be described as a one word: interesting.

Mark: 6-