Mark haddon the curious incident6/28/2023 ![]() ![]() Simon Stephens, who wrote a play based on the book, also admits that “ I did no research for at all. WHYY thanks our sponsors - become a WHYY sponsor ” He admits that he did more research on train stations than autism, arguing that “imagination always trumps research.” I doubt Haddon would be so blasé about his low standards of accuracy were they applied to him. Six years after his book was published, Haddon stated that “ ‘Curious incident’ is not a book about asperger’s. The key to the novel’s popularity is that the protagonist is autistic. He learns the truth about his parents during an investigation of the murder, but the only consequences are a family reunion and a puppy for Christmas. “Curious Incident” tells the story of Christopher Boone, a teenager whose father, Ed, convinces him that his mother is dead before killing the neighbor’s dog. ![]() Describing that book without resorting to expletives would be like screaming without vowels, but I’ll try my best. ![]() When I heard that One Book One Philadelphia had chosen Mark Haddon’s “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” for their 2017 program, I died a little inside. ![]()
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