good book i like it quite a lot, it’s a very good first impression of Mark Haddon as i hadn’t heard of him before TCIOTDITNT, I like his go at being an emotionally dis attached boy. Very good book. Wanted to add to this reply that he has asperger’s, not autism, so all of the comments about a bad portrayal of autism doesn’t make sense because he has asperger’s. Now if autism and asperger’s are the same thing or close to the same thing then i’m really sorry if i offended anybody or anything cuz i don’t know much about mental disorders and stuff. sorry if i got this wrong.