The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a murder mystery novel like no other. The detective, and narrator, is Christopher Boone. Christopher is fifteen and has Asperger’s, a form of autism. He knows a very great deal about maths and very little about human beings. He loves lists, patterns and the truth. He hates the colours yellow and brown and being touched. He has never gone further than the end of the road on his own, but when he finds a neighbour’s dog murdered he sets out on a terrifying journey which will turn his whole world upside down. Fifteen-year old Christopher John Francis Boone relates well to animals but is unable to understand human emotions. He is mathema-tically very gifted but autistic. One night he finds the neighbor’s poodle, Wellington impaled on a garden fork and is accused of the crime. So he decides to track down the real killer. A poignant and deeply funny first novel.