beavis and butthead went from being a short to a show to a movie. it was exquisite as a short, acceptable as a show and excruciating as a film. curious incident had a little bit of that going on (danger of letting the narrator go on too long) and it almost seems like someone, like an editor or a friend, told him this late in the process because the tent got rolled up on the quick, like he was late for a hard-to-schedule colonic.

and, i will admit to being disappointed the author was not, himself, autistic. the way the book was presented to me, i was given the impression this was the case and sadly it is not. the voice was believable, i just wish it were authentic.