He needed somewhere to write down all of his information, so he wrote this book. He decided that he was going to become a detective, like Sherlock Holmes, and find out who really killed Wellington. He was lay on his side with a garden fork sticking out of him.Įveryone suspected that Christopher had killed Wellington, but he loves animals and would never hurt them. He doesn’t like loud noises, crowded places, and the colours yellow and brown, as these colours mean that he is going to have a bad day.Īt 7 minutes past midnight, Christopher finds Mrs Sears’s dog, Wellington, dead in her front garden. He lives in Wiltshire, England with his father Ed. Meet Christopher John Francis Boone, 15 years old and has Asperger’s syndrome. What follows makes for a novel that is funny, poignant and fascinating in its portrayal of a person whose curse and blessing are a mind that perceives the world entirely literally. Then one day, a neighbor’s dog, Wellington, is killed and his carefully constructive universe is threatened.Ĭhristopher sets out to solve the murder in the style of his favourite (logical) detective, Sherlock Holmes. He lives on patterns, rules, and a diagram kept in his pocket. And he detests the color yellow.Īlthough gifted with a superbly logical brain, for fifteen-year-old Christopher everyday interactions and admonishments have little meaning.

He relates well to animals but has no understanding of human emotions. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-TimeĬhristopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon – Book Review

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