in the book the curious incident of the dog in the night time there is a peculiar boy who has autism is the protagonist and the anti-hero of the story.

Christopher Boone is 15. He knows all the countries of the world and their capital cities and every prime number up to 7,507. He lives in Swindon with his father and Toby, his pet rat. He abhors all yellow and brown things, thinks he would make a good astronaut, and has never been further than the end of the road on his own until his discovery of the murder of his neighbor’s dog turns him into an amateur detective.

he also has asperger’s syndrome which makes him unable to understand when people show emotions and he cant make out when a person is kidding around thinking they are serious.

when he was told his mother was dead he really didn’t care and he remembered what he had for dinner on that day which was spaghetti and tomato.

But he isn’t callous or indifferent. He can cope with facts, with concrete detail; emotions confuse and alarm him.

i picked this book because Christopher used unorthodox methods to find out that his mother is alive and lives in london with mr shears.