The Curious incident of the dog in the night-time by Mark Haddon
A 15 year old child sets up to write a detective novel on the murder of a neighbor’s dog called Wellington. While solving this murder mystery, the child- Christopher Boone, comes across secrets of his family that changes his life completely.
Christopher, who stays with his father in Swindon, is an autistic child and unlike other children. He, though, is gifted with a photographic memory and he understands Maths and Science very well.
3 Red cars in a row mean its going to be a Quite Good Day. 4 Yellow cars in a row is a Black Day. He hates Yellow and Brown colors and doesn’t believe in God.
The author, Mark Haddon, has also put lots of scientific tidbits in the book from subjects like Maths, Physics, Astronomy and Chemistry. The chapter numbers in Christopher’s murder mystery novel are not sequential. Rather they are Prime numbers. Christopher also has a pet rat named Toby.
This book was winner of Whitbread Book Awards in 2003 (Costa Book Awards now- http://www.costabookawards.com/)
It’s a must read as it suggests a change in the way we look at life. There are lots of things we touch and see in our daily life but we don’t seem to notice them. It also says that Logic is more helpful than intuition many a times.
Last but not the least, it directs us towards learning more about Maths, Science, and the nature we live in. Worth a read.
Christopher, who stays with his father in Swindon, is an autistic child and unlike other children. He, though, is gifted with a photographic memory and he understands Maths and Science very well.
3 Red cars in a row mean its going to be a Quite Good Day. 4 Yellow cars in a row is a Black Day. He hates Yellow and Brown colors and doesn’t believe in God.
The author, Mark Haddon, has also put lots of scientific tidbits in the book from subjects like Maths, Physics, Astronomy and Chemistry. The chapter numbers in Christopher’s murder mystery novel are not sequential. Rather they are Prime numbers. Christopher also has a pet rat named Toby.
This book was winner of Whitbread Book Awards in 2003 (Costa Book Awards now- http://www.costabookawards.com/)
It’s a must read as it suggests a change in the way we look at life. There are lots of things we touch and see in our daily life but we don’t seem to notice them. It also says that Logic is more helpful than intuition many a times.
Last but not the least, it directs us towards learning more about Maths, Science, and the nature we live in. Worth a read.
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