The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night- time is a fantastic novel by Mark Haddon, published in 2003 and awarded with the Whitbread Novel of the Year, among others.

The story is about a 15-year-old boy called Christopher Boone who has Asperger’s Syndrome, but the book doesn’t give us this information. It’s a data that you discover meanwhile you read the book.  He lives in Swindon with his father and his pet, a rat called Toby.  He hates yellow and brown colours, for example, he has the theory that if he sees four yellow cars in a row made, from that moment it will be a Black Day.

One day, Christopher found out his neighbour’s dog had been murdered. So, he decided to investigate about that incident, because he is very curious about all the things that happen around him. During his investigation, he discovered a box of letters from his mum in his dad’s bedroom. At this point, he realises that his father had been lying him about her mum, because he told him that his mum was dead.

After this, he found out who actually killed the dog. Whit the mystery solved, he decided to search for his mum who lives in London.  Afterward some adventures, he arrived at his mother’s house and explained to her what had happened and that he thought she was dead, and why he had frightened from his dad.  Despite his parent’s arguments over Christopher, his mum and Christopher decided to come back to Swindon. Once there, Christopher took the A–level in maths and his relationship with his dad was slowly restored.

The novel ends when Christopher is planning to take more A-level exams in physics and further maths to be possible to attend to the university. He knows that he can do all of this because he solved the dog’s mystery, he went to London alone and wrote a book.

I think it is a brilliant book and I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys mystery, because it surprises me the way that the book change the way of the story. Moreover, it teaches you how someone can do all the things that proposes himself and how is the life with Asperger’s Syndrome.

Laura Huguet