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The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time
Mark Haddon
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Description for The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time
Paperback. Christopher is 15 and lives in Swindon with his father. He has Asperger's Syndrome, a form of autism. He is obsessed with maths, science and Sherlock Holmes but finds it hard to understand other people. When he discovers a dead dog on a neighbour's lawn he decides to solve the mystery and write a detective thriller about it. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 5AM; YFCF. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 208.
Christopher is 15 and lives in Swindon with his father. He has Asperger's Syndrome, a form of autism. He is obsessed with maths, science and Sherlock Holmes but finds it hard to understand other people. When he discovers a dead dog on a neighbour's lawn he decides to solve the mystery and write a detective thriller about it. As in all good detective stories, however, the more he unearths, the deeper the mystery gets - for both Christopher and the rest of his family.
Christopher is 15 and lives in Swindon with his father. He has Asperger's Syndrome, a form of autism. He is obsessed with maths, science and Sherlock Holmes but finds it hard to understand other people. When he discovers a dead dog on a neighbour's lawn he decides to solve the mystery and write a detective thriller about it. As in all good detective stories, however, the more he unearths, the deeper the mystery gets - for both Christopher and the rest of his family.
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Random House Children´s UK
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782953463
SKU
V9781782953463
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99-99
About Mark Haddon
Mark Haddon is a writer and artist. His bestselling novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, was published simultaneously by Jonathan Cape and David Fickling in 2003. It won seventeen literary prizes, including the Whitbread Award. In 2012, a stage adaptation by Simon Stephens was produced by the National Theatre and went on to win 7 Olivier ... Read more
Reviews for The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time
Haddon is to be congratulated for imagining a new kind of hero, for the humbling instruction this warm and often funny novel offers and for showing that the best lives are lived where difference is cherished
Carol Ann Duffy
Daily Telegraph
The clash between Christopher's view of the world and the way it looks to the rest ... Read more
Carol Ann Duffy
Daily Telegraph
The clash between Christopher's view of the world and the way it looks to the rest ... Read more