I read this book not too long ago and loved it. My book club is discussing it on Thursday so I read it again, in one day, at the Sobo Bade hotel in Toubab Dialaw, Senegal. I liked it, but maybe not as much as the first time. I'm curious to see what the rest of the book club thought of it.

Update: They liked it, in general. The one thing you need to know about this book is that the narrator, Christopher, is autistic. My book club felt that the device or framework (or "gimmick," as some less pleased readers said!) was the real story, and not so much the mystery of who killed Wellington. Reactions to the book were various: Several readers who have worked with special needs children voiced their approval of the book's depiction of autism, saying it was accurate, in their opinion. I personally liked the glimpses into other "normal" people's lives that Christopher's point of view gave us, even if he didn't understand what he was seeing or hearing. Some felt the book was flat and that Christopher's character didn't -- couldn't -- grow and develop. Finally, at least one of us was distressed on behalf of Christopher's parents, whose love will never be returned by a child who can't feel or understand emotions as we know them.