Our latest book with the unusual title of The Curious Incident of the the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon, proved to be an unusual book and produced lots of comment at our recent review session.
 
This book won the Whitbread Novel of the Year Award, the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and the South Bank Show Book Award, and was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize.
 
The novel is a murder (of a dog) mystery. The detective and narrator, is Christopher Boone who is fifteen and has Asperger's Syndrome. He knows a great deal about mathematics but little about human beings. He loves lists, patterns and the truth but hates the colours yellow, brown and being touched. He has never gone further than the end of his road on his own, but when he finds a neighbour's dog murdered he sets out on a terrifying journey which will turn his world upside down.
 
The book is remarkable for the insight that the author has into
Asperger's Syndrome. When read by some teachers they remarked that the book would have been invaluable to them when, in the past, they had to deal with children suffering from this problem.
 
The Chapter numbering was confusing until one realised that Christopher, the narrator, knows 'every prime number up to 7,507'. Hence, Chapters start at 2 and go on 3, 5, 7, 11, all in prime numbers up to 233.   
 
Christopher displays a knowledge of some advanced mathematics and an interseting approach to finding one's way to a particular location in an unfamiliar town centre.
 
This was an intriguing story and a very worthwhile read.
 
Ron Farish

We meet at least once a quarter depending on the thickness or complexity of the present read.

We meet in members homes and cover a wide range of theological and secular literature above all we have an enjoyable and relaxing  time together whilst encouraging each other in our enjoyment of reading. Its also good to get ideas for what is worth buying.

Why not give either Ron Farish or Steven Hill a ring and come along.