THIS TITLE WON THE 2004 WHITBREAD BOOK OF THE YEAR PRIZE

A murder mystery novel narrated by an autistic 15-year-old mathematical genius. A book for both children and adults.

“probably a classic to be passed on to the children of the next generation”

The Independent

“A good book usually has a voice, a certain rhythm and cadence that you can hear after you've closed the pages. Better than that is a book with a ‘mind,’ in which, after the pages are closed, you can step into the synapses of a particular mind and get taken away. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, by Mark Haddon, isn't a big book; it's small and simple, but it does get you thinking about a different way of thinking.”

John Haskell
author of I am Not Jackson Pollock

Excerpt
I also like The Hound of the Baskervilles because I like Sherlock Holmes and I think that if I were a proper detective he is the kind of detective I would be. He is very intelligent and he solves the mystery and he says

The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.

Sherlock Holmes had, in a very remarkable degree, the power of detaching his mind at will.