![]() ![]() The book uses prime numbers to number the chapters, rather than the conventional successive numbers. The book is not specifically about any specific disorder", and that he, Haddon, is not an expert on the autism spectrum or Asperger syndrome. In July 2009, Haddon wrote on his blog that " The Curious Incident is not a book about Asperger's.if anything it's a novel about difference, about being an outsider, about seeing the world in a surprising and revealing way. ![]() Although Christopher's condition is not stated, the book's blurb refers to Asperger syndrome (which today would be described as an autism spectrum disorder), high-functioning autism, or savant syndrome. The novel is narrated in the first-person perspective by Christopher John Francis Boone, a 15-year-old boy who is described as "a mathematician with some behavioural difficulties" living in Swindon, Wiltshire. ![]()
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