The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

Biggie · Post by **Biggie** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 3:09 pm

A client turned me on to this one - it's a book written in first person by an autistic 15 year old. Excellent book, has won several awards.

It's also a quick read - I went cover to cover last night, so some of you can probably fight your way through it before 2006.

Here's the NYT review: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.h ... A9659C8B63

Python · Post by **Python** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 8:31 pm

Reading's hard and stuff.

JCT · Post by **JCT** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 8:55 pm

Are there a lot of pictures in it?

ElvisMonster · Post by **ElvisMonster** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 3:17 am

After checking out the review, it looks like a must read.

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 4:36 am

Thanks for the recommendation. I have always enjoyed Oliver Sacks. My wife will be interested as well, she has worked with some autistic children.

ElvisMonster · Post by **ElvisMonster** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 5:31 pm

Just finished it. One of the best books I've read in awhile.

Spolier: There is math.

Cuda · Post by **Cuda** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 6:30 pm

Is it better than 4th Down Showdownm?

SunCoastSooner · Post by **SunCoastSooner** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 6:36 pm

I'd rather eat my wife's cooking than read an autistic book.

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 8:45 pm

I like to read books on tape.

Biggie · Post by **Biggie** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 4:14 pm

Cuda wrote:Is it better than 4th Down Showdownm?

Negative. Fourth Down Showdown was one of the best books in the highly-acclaimed series. And, of course, I am speaking of the original texts and not the updated hip-hop shit that you losers read.

FDS features the Valley Falls crew and their new pals Fred "Fireball" Finley and Philip "Whitty" Whittemore as Sophomore stars on the State football team. Chip Hilton, Speed Morris, Soapy Smith and Biggie Cohen, among others, are suspended from the team prior to the big game due to breaking curfew. You will all remember that the reason for the indisretion was the stars' desire to save some young kids from Rip and Skids, bad elements in the neighborhood. I won't ruin the ending for you, but suffice to say that young Tony Carlara and Eddie Redding won't soon forget their encounter with these remarkable athletes.

Cuda · Post by **Cuda** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 9:26 pm

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helmet · Post by **helmet** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 9:56 pm

Read it a couple months ago. Very good.

Just finished James McManus' Positively Fifth Street. About to start Bringing Down the House.

Lots of other stuff in the queue - Ambrose's (I know, I know......plagiarizer) book on the Lewis and Clark expedition......Cryptonomicon, which I've been meaning to get to forever.....Baudolino by Umberto Eco, which got mixed reviews from a friend who loved Focault's Pendulum (which I hated)and hated Island of the Day Before, which I loved, so I think I might like this one.

Mister Bushice · Post by **Mister Bushice** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 6:40 am

ElvisMonster wrote:Just finished it. One of the best books I've read in awhile.

Spolier: There is math.

But fortunately no tricky spelling.

The book title sounds like a Sherlock holmes story title.