A 2011 World Book Night selection.
Winner of the Whitbread Book of the Year 2003.
It is a dead dog that sets off the chain reaction that leads Christopher Boone to find out the truth about his mother’s disappearance. But this is no usual detective story. Christopher has Asperger's Syndrome: he can recall numbers, will feel safe for a day when he sees three or four or five red cars in a row and he finds emotions near-impossible to unravel. But a dead dog presents the need to understand some complex emotions especially as it also propels Christopher into looking more carefully into his own family and their relationships. Mark Haddon's telling of Christopher's unpredictable response to them is original, kind, disturbing and profoundly moving.
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'The dog was lying on the grass in the middle of the lawn in front of Mrs Shears' house. It looked as if it was running on its side, the way dogs run when they think they are chasing a cat in a dream. But the dog was not running or asleep. The dog was dead. There was a garden fork sticking out of the dog.'
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, a form of autism. 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 will turn his whole world upside down.
Christopher is a brilliant creation, and Mark Haddon's depiction of his world is deeply moving, very funny and utterly convincing.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time features in the following genres: Young Adult Fiction, Modern and Contemporary Fiction, eBooks of the Month, Sharing Diverse Voices, Family Drama, Book Club Recommendations, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, General Fiction, Fiction, Recommendations
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time is available in Paperback, Audiobook
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time was written by Mark Haddon and published by Vintage an imprint of CCV
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time has 271 pages
£8.99
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