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

Early last week I noticed quite a few of the LMC regulars reading a bright orange book.  When I asked, they told me it was for English.  Now, I've only been gone from the department a year, so I was really, ahem, curious about the book.  I ended up in Mrs. Mattson's room at the conclusion of parent visiting to try to fix an attachment she had been emailed.  There happened to be one on a cart she said I could borrow.

I've been laid up at home recovering from minor surgery.  I started reading this shortly after my son got on the bus and was done by noon.  It is a quick read and quite enjoyable.

I can't spill too much here, because like I said, it's in the curriculum, meaning there are going to be assessments and I don't want to be the SparkNotes du Jour.  The main character is either an aspie or an autistic savant.  He's a lot like Sheldon Cooper of The Big Bang Theory and Colin in An Abundance of Katherines (see my previous review).  In fact, I was going to suggest Haddon had maybe riffed off John Green's Colin, but this novel was actually published 3 years earlier.

I was Googling for some background info when I found the novel was adapted into a play.  It's currently on Broadway.  Field trip anyone?

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