RC Part 71 – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
During all my driving last weekend I listened to The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon.
This book is about a little boy called Christopher who has Aspergers and his family,how they cope and don’t cope with his disability. It is a brilliant book, cleverly written with amazing insight into what is quite a hidden disability. I often sat in my car at the end of wherever I was driving to just so I could hear what happened next!
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I have meant to get this book for ages; thanks for reminding me!
Not so little: Christopher in the book is actually fifteen. But of course kids with AS are much younger socially than their calendar age (I have a teenager with AS myself).
Ah, I missed right at the beginning how old he actually was… and as it was on audio I couldn’t flick back and have a look!
The other thing is that the written version of the book also has diagrams and pictures in which I guess won’t really have come over with the audio version!
I love this book – thought it was totally amazing. I read another one by the same author and wasn’t so impressed with it though!
I’ve read this book too and thought that the depiction of Aspergers was amazing. I have a friend whose son has AS and the book mirrored some of his behaviour patterns. Very well researched – and a good story, too.