01022nam a2200181Ia 450000500170000000800410001702000180005804100080007608200090008410000170009324500550011025000060016526400440017130000270021552005780024265000060082065500140082620260922095617.0260922s9999    xx            000 0 und d  a1-4000-7783-4  aeng  a823.1 aHADDON, Mark14aThe Curious Incident of the dog in the night time   a1  aNew YorkbVintage Contemporaries c2003  a226 hlm.bilus.c18 cm  afifteen year old christopher is autistic and everyday interactions and admonishments have little meaning for him. He lives on patterns, rules, and a diagram kept in his pocket. Then one day, a neighbor's dog, wellington, is Killed and his carefully constructed universe is threatened. Christopher sets out to solve the murder in the style of his favorite detective, Sherlock Holmes. What follows makes for a novel that is deeply funny, poignant, and fascinating in its portrayal of a person whose course and blessing are a mind that perceives the world entirely literally.  4a0  aGrade 7-9