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Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-time

By Mark Haddon

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| Paperback | 9780385511025

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Narrated by a fifteen-year-old autistic savant obsessed with Sherlock Holmes, this dazzling novel weaves together an old-fashioned mystery, a contemporary coming-of-age story, and a fascinating excursion into a mind incapable of processing emotions.

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'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time' by Mark Haddon

The narrator of this remarkable novel is Christopher Boone, a 15-year-old boy who has Asperger's Syndrome, a form of autism, that means he is unable to understand human emotions. He is, however, highly intelligent and can rattle off all kinds of fact ... (read full critics)

readingmatters published on Mon, 27 Sep 2010

Funny old world

I am told that a teenager with Asperger's syndrome might very well have a sense of humour, even if it might seem odd to most of us. But clinical accuracy takes second place to narrative intent in Mark Haddon's novel, whose autistic narrator, Christop ... (read full critics)

guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

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18 people find this helpful

Is it really about autism? I doubt very much... to me, it's about how to deal with life. The notion of life is the main theme in the story. In frustration, we usually tend to find the easier way out, which usually is the worse way (at least not so morally correct). Yet, we are weak and feeble as we ... (continue)

Is it really about autism? I doubt very much... to me, it's about how to deal with life. The notion of life is the main theme in the story. In frustration, we usually tend to find the easier way out, which usually is the worse way (at least not so morally correct). Yet, we are weak and feeble as we are human. All too human? ka. It's actually quite heartbrokening when the kid's parents revealed their hardship in handling the him, yet he in no ways could aware of that. You can't accuse any character in the books cos, when you put yourselves into their position, could we gurantee that we can do a better job? I doubt...
Anyway, quotation again:
"Prime numbers are what is left when you have taken all the patterns away. I think prime numbers are like life. They are very logical but you could never work out the rules, even if you spent all your time thinking about them." (Chap. 19)

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張小張・Cons said on Dec 19, 2006 | Add your feedback

7 people find this helpful

The author of this book has told a simple story with touching words.
Maybe, we should learn to see other people, no matter having autism or not, in a totally different angle. And then, the world will become a very different place.

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Denise said on Dec 14, 2006 | Add your feedback

4 people find this helpful

" I think prime numbers are like life. They are very logical but you could never work out the rules, even if you spent all your time thinking about them. "

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yopomelo said on Sep 21, 2007 | Add your feedback

A touching and extremely well written story about life and social relationships.

Through the lens of autism, life looks different, simpler and more complex at the same time. I gave it four stars only because I wouldn't put it in the impossible-to-miss section of my library, although some passages were deeply moving.

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BlueBilly said on Feb 6, 2012 | Add your feedback

"All the other children at my school are stupid. Except I'm not meant to call them stupid, even though this is what they are. I'm meant to say that they have learning difficulties or that they have special needs. But this is stupid because everyone has learning difficulties because learning to speak ... (continue)

"All the other children at my school are stupid. Except I'm not meant to call them stupid, even though this is what they are. I'm meant to say that they have learning difficulties or that they have special needs. But this is stupid because everyone has learning difficulties because learning to speak French or understanding Relativity is difficult, and also everyone has special needs, like Father who has to carry a little packet of artificial sweetening tablets around with him to put in his coffee to stop him getting fat, or Mrs Peters who wears a beige-coloured hearing-aid, or Siobhan who has glasses so thick that they give you a headache if you borrow them, and none of these people are Special Needs, even if they have special needs."

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Rents, party crasher said on Jan 30, 2012 | Add your feedback

4 stars because I liked the style, the original point of view. It simply catches you unprepared. How could you imagine life and relationships for a child with Asperger's Syndrom?

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Ecila82 said on Jan 23, 2012 | Add your feedback