A wierd story

Greetings,

Apologies that I could not write for so long. Well, there were two reasons. Firstly, I was busy in my personal life and secondly, I came to London for a month. Before coming to London, I took a book from my brother's collection.

I started reading the story whenever I traveled on the tube. My office was far enough from the apartment and there was nothing better to do in those 40 minutes. The story started very well to raise my curiosity with every page I flipped but it did not end very well. Maybe, I didn't wish the story to end at all. I felt attached to Christopher and I wished to know more how his life progressed in the society of so-called sane people. Anyway, this is Mark Haddon's story. Mark wrote it very well and in a very different manner from all the books I have read so far. He has depicted every character and the events in such a way that you can see the entire book rolling like a movie. The illustrations and the graphics and mathematical equations all support the story well. Although, it may seem bit overstretched at times but that is his characterization of Christopher.

Well, the story starts with a dog, Wellington, being killed in garden opposite to Christopher's house. He wished to find out who killed the dog and started writing a book about his findings but slowly, the story unfolds many events related to people linked to Christopher, his parents and Mr & Mrs Shears and Siobhan and many others. Only halfway through the story, you realize that Christopher is not like other kids. He lives in his own world and is very clear about his likes/dislikes of colors, people, subjects, places et. He didn't like crowd and he was very good in maths. He was smart enough to figure out his way from Swindon to London to live with his mother because he figured out that it was his father who killed Wellington and now he was scared to live with him. His mother, who had earlier left his father to live with Mr Shears, came back to Swindon for his son's wishes. One of the wishes was to sit through A-level exams for Maths and get A-grade and he finally did it.

The book is full of observations from a differently-able kid and shows the impact on individuals and relationships. Really an amazing book.

lovely book
Navjot Singh
PS - Book's name is 'The curious incident of the dog in the night time'