The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time is Mark Haddon’s first novel written for adults, though the book does appeal to a younger audience. The story is told through the perspective of an intelligent fifteen-year-old boy with autism who includes a variety of clever visuals to enhance his narrative. But Haddon says the novel is not simply about disability: “It’s about what you can do with words and what it means to communicate with someone in a book.” As noted by Dave Weich of Powells.com, Haddon never actually uses the word autism in the novel.
