The Pigeon

The next time someone says autism didn't exist in The Past, have them read this.

An undiagnosed 53yo autistic man in The Past has his routine interrupted by something trivial. He proceeds to spend the day catastrophising and having a prolonged meltdown. Then he has a long walk, listens to some heavy rain and is OK again.

It's literally just regular day in the life stuff for neurodivergent people and yet apparently it's a deep and thought provoking exposé on the anarchy of trivialities or some other high-brow literary wank.

I hate to break it to the quoted reviewers on the cover but, uh, this isn't some enlightened visionary tale. Stop patronising and othering nd people, thanks.