Curious Incident Of The Dog*

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. Christopher john francis boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. Although gifted with a superbly logical brain, christopher is autistic. Everyday interactions and admonishments have little meaning for him. At fifteen, christopher'S carefully constructed world falls apart when he finds his neighbour'S dog wellington impaled on a garden fork, and he is initially blamed for the killing. Christopher decides that he will track down the real killer, and turns to his favourite