Christopher john francis boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7‎,‎057‎.‎ He relates well to animals but has no understanding of human emotions‎.‎ He cannot stand to be touched‎.‎ And he detests the color yellow‎.‎Although gifted with a superbly logical brain‎,‎ for fifteen‎-year‎-old christopher everyday interactions and admonishments have little meaning‎.‎ He lives on patterns‎,‎ rules‎,‎ and a diagram kept in his pocket‎.‎ Then one day‎,‎ a neighbor‎'‎s dog‎,‎ wellington‎,‎ is killed and his carefully constructive universe is threatened‎.‎ Christopher sets out to solve the murder in the style of his favourite ‎(‎logical‎)‎ detective‎,‎ sherlock holmes‎.‎ What follows makes for a novel that is funny‎,‎ poignant and fascinating in its portrayal of a person whose curse and blessing are a mind that perceives the world entirely literally‎.‎