false 4443951 63 Mark Haddon's bitterly funny debut novel, <I>The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time</I>, is a murder mystery of sorts--one told by an autistic version of Adrian Mole. Fifteen-year-old Christopher John Francis Boone is mathematically gifted and socially hopeless, raised in a working-class home by parents who can barely cope with their child's quirks. He takes everything that he sees (or is told) at face value, and is unable to sort out the strange behavior of his elders and peers.<p> Late one night, Christopher comes across his neighbor's poodle, Wellington, impaled on a garden fork. Wellington's owner finds him cradling her dead dog in his arms, and has him arrested. After spending a night in jail, Christopher resolves--against the objection of his father and neighbors--to discover just who has murdered Wellington. He is encouraged by Siobhan, a social worker at his school, to write a book about his investigations, and the result--quirkily illustrated, with each chapter given its own prime number--is <I>The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.</I><p> <p> Haddon's novel is a startling performance. This is the sort of book that could turn condescending, or exploitative, or overly sentimental, or grossly tasteless very easily, but Haddon navigates those dangers with a sureness of touch that is extremely rare among first-time novelists. <I>The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time</I> is original, clever, and genuinely moving: this one is a must-read. <I>--Jack Illingworth, Amazon.ca</I> 4259809 book 2003 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time total:101331|5:522|4:869|3:654|2:194|1:53| 101331 379125 124233 10562 5 76 false true Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Wed Aug 29 08:10:53 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 29 08:32:32 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1 44 false false Tue May 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu May 22 17:20:20 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 22 15:10:40 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 24 false false Thu Sep 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 07:35:44 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 05 12:08:23 -0700 2008 I autistic? Am I Christopher Boone? What is it about my OCD (self-diagnosed, boo yah!) that separates me from this fifteen-year-old kid? Fate is kind, but there is nothing more disturbing than learning that you possess so many of those qualities that categorize people as "special needs."...more...]]> 1 25 false false Wed Nov 21 12:22:46 -0800 2007 Wed May 28 10:41:21 -0700 2008 The concept is interesting: narrating the novel through the POV of an autistic boy. The chapters are cleverly numbered by prime numbers, which ties in with the novel. It has interesting illustrations and diagrams to look at. However, I would not recommend this because it disappointed me and I...more...]]> 4 12 false false Sun Feb 03 14:41:31 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 02 13:03:38 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 03 14:41:18 -0800 2008
Some mature themes. Here are some of my favorite quotes:

“For example, this morning for br...more...]]> 4 16 true false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Mar 12 17:12:11 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 12 03:21:19 -0700 2007
I am currently working with a child diagnosed with PDD-NOS (on the autism spectrum) who is very high functioning (he just got a perfect score on the 4th grade...more...]]> 5 11 false false Mon Oct 13 21:09:22 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 23 23:59:59 -0700 2009 googling, tak sengaja saya menemukan daftar buku yang mendapat ...more...]]> 4 9 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue May 29 16:23:12 -0700 2007 Tue May 29 16:24:25 -0700 2007 Amazon.com review:

"...I wrote a book and that means I can do anything..."

What a sad, strange book. Christopher's stream-of-consciousness narration was unique to say the least (I liked how he jumped around from topic to topic, because organi...more...]]> 3 23 false false Thu Apr 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 09 13:17:05 -0800 2008 Thu May 07 18:21:20 -0700 2009 The Prime Reasons Why I Enjoyed Mark Haddon's The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time:

2. Death broken down into its molecular importance.

3. Clouds, with chimneys and aerials impressed upon them, and their potential as alien space crafts.

5. Black Days and...more...]]> 3 7 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 24 21:44:05 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 24 22:00:01 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 7 false true Tue Jul 24 11:36:33 -0700 2007 Fri Jan 25 11:25:47 -0800 2008 Curious Incident isn't that it is a mystery story about a boy with Asperger's Syndrome, it's that Mark Haddon does such a great job of reinventing the mystery formula. Let's face it, the Sherlock Holmes stories (which play a pretty prominent role in the novel's construction) ar...more...]]> 5 10 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Sun Mar 18 20:54:38 -0700 2007 Sun Mar 18 20:55:49 -0700 2007 5 6 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Sep 21 01:32:08 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 22 22:08:05 -0700 2007
The story goes like this: Christo...more...]]> 5 7 false false Thu Jul 12 07:35:11 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 19 08:43:21 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 6 false false Sun Jan 06 19:02:23 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 09 08:27:52 -0800 2008
it may look inconspicuously thin, but the book, i bet, would be something that any lucky reader is sure to want to have for keeps. starts off innocently enough...well, okay, maybe not so innocent since the first scene was the finding of a brutally murdered d...more...]]> 3 8 false false Thu Dec 04 08:07:19 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 03 05:38:42 -0800 2009 1. I found Christopher, with all his many quirks, to be sweet and rather endearing
2. I thought it was a creative idea to write a book from the POV of a boy with Asperger syndrome. This is difficult to pull off, but the author does well
3. I enjoy...more...]]> 3 4 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Nov 25 18:39:45 -0800 2007 Sun Nov 25 18:58:19 -0800 2007 more...]]> 1 5 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Apr 20 12:10:30 -0700 2007 Sun Feb 10 06:16:27 -0800 2008
Heartwarming, eh. Sure. Cerebral? You bet. For the "Literary Snob"? ABSOFREAKINGLUTELY. (Because most of those people LOVE "The Catcher in the Rye"...one of my most hated books...more...]]> 5 4 false false Tue Nov 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 29 22:59:12 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 03 09:43:35 -0800 2009 1
The Curious Incident is told from the point of view of Christopher John Francis Boone, ...more...]]> 5 5 false false Mon Jan 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 13:29:32 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 08:36:48 -0800 2009
* because the plot is flawless

* because the voice is flawless

* because it's amazingly tender without being cute

* because there's a christopher boone in me, and a ch...more...]]>