Haddon, Mark. The curious incident of the dog in the night-time. First Vintage Contemporary Edition. May 2004. New York.

“My name is Christopher John Francis Bone. I know all the countries of the World and their capital cities and every prime number up to 7,057″.

“Theses are some of my Behavioral Problems

A. Not talking to people for a long time.
B. Not eating or drinking anything for a long time.
C. Not liking being touched.
D. Screaming when i am angry or confused.
E. Not liking being in really small places with other people.
F. Smashing things when i an angry or confused.
G. Groaning.
H. Not liking yellow things or brown things and refused to touch yellow things or brown things.
I. Refusing to use my toothbrush if anyone else has touched it.
J. Not eating food if different shorts of food are touching each other.
K. Not noticing that people are angry with me.
L. Not smiling.
M. Saying things that people think are rude.
N. Doing stupid things.
O. Hitting other people.
P. Hatting France.
Q. Driving Mother’s car.
R. Getting cross when someone has mowed the furniture”.

“I doubled 2,s in my head because it made me feel calmer. I got to 33554432, wich is 2v25, wich was no very much because I’ve got to 2v45 before, but my brain wasn’t working very well”.

Fantástico. Increíble. Christopher es autista. Tiene problemas de comportamiento. ¿Cómo puede nadie crear un personaje así y hacerlo tan real, meterse tan dentro? ¿Cómo respira, como camina? ¡¡¿Cómo piensa?!!¿¿Cómo ve?!! La gráfica de este libro es perfecta. Traslada al lector directamente a la mente de Christopher. Eso unido a la estrategia narrativa. El personaje escribe un relato y ese relato es el libro. Con dibujos, mapas, comentarios y notas. Su narración en primera persona es tan descriptiva y tan hábil la muestra de los estímulos que el recibe, que uno acaba sintiendo como Christopher. Al final haciendo un repaso de su lista de dificultades no lo veo tan diferente de los normales. Y él, además, es un genio en matemáticas. Y su memoria “is like a film”.