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Le Bizarre Incident Du Chien Pendant LA Nuit (French Edition)
This was a quick and bitter sweet read. Having been in contact with a young man of Christopher's age with Aspenger's syndrome I wasn't taken at back by the style and the absence of filter. Christopher's narration of his "adventure" is exactly how I've experienced interacting with someone with Aspenger. My friend's son was a wiz at sport statistics. Baseball, basketball, hockey you name it, he knew it. I would engage him and sometimes "force" him to answer my sport questions. He would know it was a game between us : who would know more. He won every single time but at least I gave him some competition. So the style of the narrator wasn't alien or out there for me. It felt very accurate and real. Christopher is lucid and knows he can't really function in the real world. That he's an alien to others and the world he lives in is alien to him. Being able to go along with Christopher during this small time in his live was good and bitter sweet. Because these kids, especially smart ones like Christopher and my friend's son know they are different but they have dreams and hopes. They want to live their lives, have someone to love but know deep down that it probably won't be possible.
