The main character in this book is Christopher Boone, an autistic boy of 15 years old. He cannot stand to be touched, he doesn't talk to strangers and he has a horror of the colors yellow and brown. Those are just a few exemples of his behavioral problems. He's also a math genius, the chapters in the book are called to the prime numbers. The whole book he's practising for his maths A level, finally he got a grade therefore.
Christopher lives with his father in Swindon. He has also a rat, Toby. His mother died 2 years ago.
Background information
The author of the book is Mark Haddon. He's an Englishmen and he was a draughtsman of kinderbooks in the past. Also in this book are a lot of pictures. Haddon describes in this book perfectly the life of an autistic boy and psychologists gave a lot of positive reactions. In the beginnig of the book are written some comments of other authors and journalists who praises him a lot. I'll give some exemples: he's a wise and funny writer; I've never read anything quite like Haddon's funny and agonizingly honest book, I advice you to buy it, . . . (Ian Mc Ewan and Arthur Golden). Haddon wons with this book the famous Booker Price and also the Whitbread Award, both are prices with a lot of prestige, so that's al ready an indication.
I'll give some more information about the Asperger Syndrome. Asperger Syndrome or is a neurobiological disorder named for a Viennese physician, Hans Asperger, who in 1944 published a paper which described a pattern of behaviors in several young boys who had normal intelligence and language development, but who also exhibited autistic-like behaviors and marked deficiencies in social and communication skills. They often have obsessive routines and may be preoccupied with a particular subject of interest. They have a great deal of difficulty reading nonverbal cues (body language) and very often the individual with AS has difficulty determining proper body space. Often overly sensitive to sounds, tastes, smells, and sights, the person with AS may prefer soft clothing, certain foods, and be bothered by sounds or lights no one else seems to hear or see.
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