"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time" Mark Haddon

The most intriguing aspect of this novel is that the narrator is autistic. He describes himself, as though from a third person point of view, in a calm, matter-of-fact manner. This means we get the story from an intelligent, fairly clear voice while the physical person is reserved and scared of the world, especially of being touched. He narrates to the reader how a police officer tried to grab him and in response he hit the officer and curled up on the ground, moaning and zoned out from the world. This presents the question of what goes on in the mind of a person society calls handicapped. In many ways he is more intelligent, rational and aware than what society might call a normal person.