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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time: The classic Sunday Times bestseller
Mark Haddon
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Description for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time: The classic Sunday Times bestseller
paperback. Narrated by a 15-year-old autistic savant obsessed with Sherlock Holmes, this dazzling novel weaves together an old-fashioned mystery, a contemporary coming-of-age story, and a fascinating excursion into a mind incapable of processing emotions. Num Pages: 288 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 272. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a murder mystery novel like no other.
The detective, and narrator, is Christopher Boone. Christopher is fifteen and has Asperger's Syndrome. He knows a very great deal about maths and very little about human beings. He loves lists, patterns and the truth. He hates the colours yellow and brown and being touched. He has never gone further than the end of the road on his own, but when he finds a neighbour's dog murdered he sets out on a terrifying journey which ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Vintage London
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099450252
SKU
KTG0014757
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
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: The classic Sunday Times bestseller
Wondrous...brilliantly inventive...dazzling. Not simply the most original novel I've read in years - it's also one of the best
The Times
Exceptional by any standards. Both funny and deeply moving
Sunday Telegraph
Outstanding. Heartening as well as richly entertaining. A stunningly good read
Independent
Superbly realised. A funny as well as a sad book. ... Read more
The Times
Exceptional by any standards. Both funny and deeply moving
Sunday Telegraph
Outstanding. Heartening as well as richly entertaining. A stunningly good read
Independent
Superbly realised. A funny as well as a sad book. ... Read more