The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

by Mark Haddon

Christopher Boone is a mathematically-gifted autistic teenager who one night discovers the dead body of Wellington, the large poodle of his neighbor Mrs. Shears. After a misunderstanding with the police that gets him arrested, Christopher decides to solve the mystery of who killed Wellington despite his father's order that he stay out of other people's business. Christopher's mother died of a heart attack two years earlier, leaving Edthe sole caregiver of his son.

Christopher decides to write about this mystery for an assignment at school; the book he writes is the one we read as the novel. He is also preparing for his A-level math exam, which has never happened at his school before.

Regarding Wellington's demise, Christopher investigates around the neighborhood and eventually finds out from Mrs. Alexander that his mother Judy had an affair with Roger Shears, Mrs. Shears' former husband. Ed Boone grows angry when he discovers Christopher's book: they get into a fight and Ed throws the book away.

Later, Ed apologizes to his son and takes him to the zoo, making sure Christopher knows he loves him. Christopher wants his book back and searches for it; when he discovers it in his father's bedroom, he also finds letter that seem to be from his mother. With his father unaware, he reads several of the letters and realizes his mother isn't dead but is living in London with Roger Shears. She had run away with…….

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