Audiobooks by Mark Haddon

Supergute Tage oder Die sonderbare Welt des Christopher Boone: Ausgezeichnet mit dem Whitbread Novel

Diesem Helden kann niemand widerstehen ... Christopher Boone ist fUnfzehn Jahre, drei Monate und zwei Tage alt. Er kennt alle LAnder und deren HauptstAdte sowie sAmtliche Primzahlen bis 7507. Er liebt die Farbe Rot, sagt immer die Wahrheit und kann nur zwei GefUhle voneinander unterscheiden: Trauer und GlUck. Unordnung, Uberraschungen und Unbekannte kann er absolut nicht leiden. Christopher hat eine leichte Form von Autismus und findet, manchmal ist die Welt schwer zu verstehen. Als aber der Pudel in Nachbars Garten tot aufgefunden wird, wagt Christoper den Schritt hinaus ins Unbekannte. Mutig stellt er den schAndlichen Verbrecher und wird zum Helden seiner eigenen Geschichte … Lebensklug, warmherzig und wunderbar witzig – ein bezaubernder Roman Uber dieses irre Abenteuer namens Leben

Mark Haddon (Author), Sven Ofner (Narrator)

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El curioso incidente del perro a medianoche

Una novela que no se parece a ninguna otra. Elogiada con entusiasmo por autores consagrados como Oliver Sacks e Ian McEwan y ganadora del Premio Whitbread y el Premio de la Commonwealth al Mejor Primer Libro, ha merecido la aprobación masiva de los lectores en todos los países donde se ha publicado. Su protagonista, Christopher Boone, es uno de los más originales que han surgido en el panorama de la narrativa internacional en los últimos años, y está destinado a convertirse en un héroe literario universal de la talla de Oliver Twist y Holden Caulfield. A sus quince años, Christopher conoce las capitales de todos los países del mundo, puede explicar la teoría de la relatividad y recitar los números primos hasta el 7.507, pero le cuesta relacionarse con otros seres humanos. Le gustan las listas, los esquemas y la verdad, pero odia el amarillo, el marrón y el contacto físico. Si bien nunca ha ido solo más allá de la tienda de la esquina, la noche que el perro de una vecina aparece atravesado por un horcón, Christopher decide iniciar la búsqueda del culpable. Emulando a su admirado Sherlock Holmes -el modelo de detective obsesionado con el análisis de los hechos-, sus pesquisas lo llevarán a cuestionar el sentido común de los adultos que lo rodean y a desvelar algunos secretos familiares que pondrán patas arriba su ordenado y seguro mundo. Reseñas: «Conmovedora, verosímil y muy divertida.» Oliver Sacks «Soberbia. Mark Haddon escribe con sabiduría y sentido del humor.» Ian McEwan «No pierdan la oportunidad de mirar el mundo a través de sus ojos.» El Periódico «Un narrador absolutamente singular.» Territorios «Obra perfecta.» Caballo Verde «Reflexiones de una belleza y una profundidad inusuales.» Babelia «Páginas llenas de ternura.» El Cultural «Un libro apasionante.» Blanco y Negro Cultural «Excepcional. Al mirar a través de los ojos de Christopher, vemos el mundo con mayor claridad y nos comprendemos mejor a nosotros mismos. ¿Qué más se puede pedir a un libro?» The Sunday Telegraph

Mark Haddon (Author), Marcel Navarro (Narrator)

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The Porpoise

Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Porpoise, written by Mark Haddon, read by Tim McInnerny. 'I really am so very, very sorry about this,' he says, in an oddly formal voice... They strike the side of a grain silo. They are travelling at seventy miles per hour. A newborn baby is the sole survivor of a terrifying plane crash. She is raised in wealthy isolation by an overprotective father. She knows nothing of the rumours about a beautiful young woman, hidden from the world. When a suitor visits, he understands far more than he should. Forced to run for his life, he escapes aboard The Porpoise, an assassin on his tail... So begins a wild adventure of a novel, damp with salt spray, blood and tears. A novel that leaps from the modern era to ancient times; a novel that soars, and sails, and burns long and bright; a novel that almost drowns in grief yet swims ashore; in which pirates rampage, a princess wins a wrestler's hand, and ghost women with lampreys' teeth drag a man to hell - and in which the members of a shattered family, adrift in a violent world, journey towards a place called home.

Mark Haddon (Author), Tim Mcinnerny (Narrator)

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El hundimiento del muelle

El autor de El curioso incidente del perro a medianoche vuelve con su mejor narrativa. Los nueve relatos de esta lírica y poderosísima colección se adentran en diversos territorios (la aventura clásica, la ciencia ficción, el cuento alegórico o el realismo despiadado), pero Haddon despliega en todos ellos su inigualable destreza estilística y esa empatía que ha hechizado a los lectores de sus novelas. El resultado final es una fascinante reflexión sobre la condición humana, la soledad que nos atrapa y los vínculos que, pese a todo, siguen uniendo a los seres humanos. Quienes gozaron con El curioso incidente del perro a medianoche hallarán aquí al mejor Haddon. 'Una pequeña y perfectamente controlada obra maestra.' Lionel Shriver 'Mark Haddon es un maestro capturando detalles. El relato que da título al libro es un auténtico tour de force y los otros ocho son un ejemplo perfecto de cómo se construye un cuento.' Kirkus Reviews 'Escribe con la habilidad de Julian Barnes o, incluso, de Truman Capote.' The Times Grabado en español ibérico (España).

Mark Haddon (Author), Javier Reyero (Narrator)

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HiBrow: World Book Night 2013

A celebration of adult literature and reading. The whole book industry, including booksellers, librarians and publishers were invited come togethere an pick out their favourite titles to be included the final list of 25 books by authors from the UK and Ireland. The final list inclueded fiction, poetry, memoirs among others. There were some bestsellers, classics and some lesser known. Interviews with Graeme Simsion, Lucy Fleming, Jojo Moyes, Lemn Sissay, Mark Haddon, Tracy Chevalier, Victoria Hislop, Rupert Thomson, Andrew Motion

Andrew Motion, Graeme Simsion, Jojo Moyes, Lemn Sissay, Lucy Fleming, Mark Haddon, Rupert Thomson, Tracy Chevalier, Victoria Hislop (Author), Andrew Motion, Graeme Simsion, Jojo Moyes, Lemn Sissay, Lucy Fleming, Mark Haddon, Rupert Thomson, Tracy Chevalier, Victoria Hislop (Narrator)

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HiBrow: The Folio Prize Fiction Festival

The three-day 'The Folio Prize Fiction Festival 2014' brought together some great writers and audiences and gave them a real opportunitey to talk in depth about their work and similar subjects. The festival included interviews and discussions with top writers, novelists, poets, critics and publishers, including Eimear McBride, Paul Baggaley, Sergio De La Pava, Rachel Kushner, Sarah Hall, Pankaj Mishra, Stephanie Merritt, Jane Gardam, Mark Haddon

Eimear Mcbride, Jane Gardam, Mark Haddon, Pankaj Mishra, Paul Baggaley, Rachel Kushner, Sarah Hall, Sergio De La Pava, Stephanie Merritt (Author), Eimear Mcbride, Jane Gardam, Mark Haddon, Pankaj Mishra, Paul Baggaley, Rachel Kushner, Sarah Hall, Sergio De La Pava, Stephanie Merritt (Narrator)

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The Pier Falls: And Other Stories

From Mark Haddon, author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, A Spot of Bother, and The Red House, nine dazzling stories diverse in style but united in emotional powerThe tales in Mark Haddon's lyrical and uncompromising new collection take many forms-Victorian adventure story, science fiction, morality tale, contemporary realism-but they all showcase his virtuoso gifts as a stylist and the deep well of empathy that made his three bestselling novels so compelling. The characters here are often isolated physically or estranged from their families, yet they yearn for connection. In aggregate the stories become a meditation on the essential aloneness of the human condition but also on the connections, however tenuous and imperfect, that link people to one another. In the title story, an unnamed narrator describes with cool precision a catastrophe that strikes a seaside town, both tearing lives apart and bringing them together. In the prizewinning story "The Gun," a boy's life is marked by the afternoon he encounters a semiautomatic pistol belonging to his friend's older brother; in "The Island," a Greek princess is abandoned on an island by her abductor; in "The Boys Who Left Home to Learn Fear," a group of adventurers travel deep into the Amazonian jungle but discover the gravest danger lurking among their own number; and in "The Woodpecker and the Wolf," a woman wonders whether she has chosen to travel to Mars only to escape the entanglement of human relationships back here on Earth. Drawing inventively from history, myth, folktales, and modern life, The Pier Falls showcases Haddon's immense gifts of invention and penetrating insight. From the Hardcover edition.

Mark Haddon (Author), Clare Corbett, Daniel Weyman (Narrator)

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The Pier Falls

'He writes with the craft of Julian Barnes or, even, Truman Capote.' The Times A Spectator Book of the Year An expedition to Mars goes terribly wrong. A seaside pier collapses. A thirty-stone man is confined to his living room. One woman is abandoned on a tiny island in the middle of the ocean. Another woman is saved from drowning. Two boys discover a gun in a shoebox. A group of explorers find a cave of unimaginable size deep in the Amazon jungle. A man shoots a stranger in the chest on Christmas Eve. In this first collection of stories by the author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Mark Haddon demonstrates two things: first that he is a master of the short form (several of the stories have been longlisted for prizes), second that his imagination is even darker than we had thought.

Mark Haddon (Author), Clare Corbett, Daniel Weyman (Narrator)

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The Red House

From the bestselling author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time and A Spot of Bother comes a superb book about family and secrets Two families. Seven days. One house. Angela and her brother Richard have spent twenty years avoiding each other. Now, after the death of their mother, they bring their families together for a holiday in a rented house on the Welsh border. Four adults and four children. Seven days of shared meals, log fires, card games and wet walks. But in the quiet and stillness of the valley, ghosts begin to rise up. The parents Richard thought he had. The parents Angela thought she had. Past and present lovers. Friends, enemies, victims, saviours. Once again Mark Haddon, author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time and A Spot of Bother, has written a novel that is funny, poignant and deeply insightful about human lives.

Mark Haddon (Author), Maxwell Caulfield (Narrator)

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The Sea of Tranquility

Leading up to the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing, the excitement of this momentous event is captured through the eyes of a child in this glorious picture book, reformatted with a new cover design. Mark Haddon is the prize-winning, highly-acclaimed author of the best-selling novel 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time'. Years ago there was a little boy who dreamed of rocketing to the moon, of landing on the crumbly rock and walking across the Sea of Tranquility. He borrowed library books and read how astronauts had orbited the earth and walked in space. And every night he hoped that they would find a way to land on the moon and walk where he had dreamed of walking. And eventually, one cloudless night, they did...

Mark Haddon (Author), Anthony Head (Narrator)

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The Red House

An dazzlingly inventive novel about modern family, from the author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time The set-up of Mark Haddon's brilliant new novel is simple: Richard, a wealthy doctor, invites his estranged sister Angela and her family to join his for a week at a vacation home in the English countryside. Richard has just re-married and inherited a willful stepdaughter in the process; Angela has a feckless husband and three children who sometimes seem alien to her. The stage is set for seven days of resentment and guilt, a staple of family gatherings the world over. But because of Haddon's extraordinary narrative technique, the stories of these eight people are anything but simple. Told through the alternating viewpoints of each character, The Red House becomes a symphony of long-held grudges, fading dreams and rising hopes, tightly-guarded secrets and illicit desires, all adding up to a portrait of contemporary family life that is bittersweet, comic, and deeply felt. As we come to know each character they become profoundly real to us. We understand them, even as we come to realize they will never fully understand each other, which is the tragicomedy of every family. The Red House is a literary tour-de-force that illuminates the puzzle of family in a profoundly empathetic manner -- a novel sure to entrance the millions of readers of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. "Surprising and deeply moving....the set-up ensures that there will be revelations, twists and shifts in the family dynamic....sustaining suspense....while enriching the developing relationships among people....organic rather than contrived, the characters convincing throughout, the tone compassionate and the writing wise. A novel to savor." --Kirkus

Mark Haddon (Author), Maxwell Caulfield (Narrator)

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Boom!

An explosive, highly charged, and hilarious middle-grade adventure from Mark Haddon, acclaimed author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. From the moment that Jim and his best friend, Charlie, bug the staff room and overhear two of their teachers speaking to each other in a secret language, they know there's an adventure on its way. But what does "spudvetch" actually mean, and why do Mr. Kidd's eyes flicker with fluorescent blue light when Charlie says it to him? Perhaps Kidd and Pearce are bank robbers talking in code. Perhaps they're spies. Perhaps they are aliens. Whatever it is, Jimbo and Charlie are determined to find out. There really is an adventure on its way. A nuclear-powered, one-hundred-ton adventure with reclining seats and a buffet car. And as it gathers speed and begins to spin out of control, it can only end one way . . . with a BOOM!

Mark Haddon (Author), Julian Rhind-Tutt (Narrator)

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