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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04153a.htm
http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_10co.htm

Book review and social phobias.

I just finished The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, which I got for my birthday, and I really enjoyed it. I'm not going to worry about spoilers, because the main spoiler is in the Amazon review, and in my opinion, it doesn't spoil a thing. The story is written "by" a young autistic boy, and describes his adventures during family upheaval entirely in his own words and from his own point of view. This was a premise that I thought was likely to piss me off; having worked with autistic people, I was prepared for it to be in some way trite, but it actually works really well. I wasn't sure if it was aimed at children or adults, but apparently there are two versions. The liberal use of pictures makes it seem childlike, but I didn't get bothered by this, and it was quick and engrossing to read.

( personal reflections )