Recap of the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

What a wonderful and lively discussion we had about Mark Haddon's book.
It was very interesting to see how different our reactions and opinions were towards the book. The way some of us were more sympathetic towards the Mother and how others of us felt more empathy towards the Father (I was definitely in the latter group despite his violence towards poor old Wellington - although if Wellington had been a corgi I may have ended up like Christopher and viewed Father as a murderer)
The differing views regarding Haddon's use of equations and diagrams to illustrate Christopher's thinking. My favourite digression was the explanation of the Monty Hall problem.
Overall I think it was a very readable book despite it's unusual style and it certainly did make me think about the way we are all different and how our perspectives of every day things can be astonishing, for example the way Christopher copes with the catching the train - signs have become such a form of visual noise for me - I have got to the stage I just ignore signs, so I find it amazing that someone would need to read every sign as a coping mechanism, amazing but understandable.
cheers Natalie

P.S. Quick fact today a genius was born a few lunar cycles ago, (okay if you want to be pedantic, last century, but what is a century between friends) kudos goes to who gives me the first correct answer.