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Publication Date
2003-07-31
Pages
226
ISBN
9780385512107
Publication Year
2003
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Book Title
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time : a Novel
Author
Mark Haddon
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Genre
Fiction
Topic
Family Life, Literary, Coming of Age, Mystery & Detective / General

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Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. He relates well to animals but has no understanding of human emotions. He cannot stand to be touched. Although gifted with a superbly logical brain, Christopher is autistic. Everyday interactions and admonishments have little meaning for him. Routine, order and predictability shelter him from the messy, wider world. Then, at fifteen, Christopher's carefully constructed world falls apart when he finds his neighbor's dog, Wellington, impaled on a garden fork, and he is initially blamed for the killing. Christopher decides that he will track down the real killer and turns to his favorite fictional character, the impeccably logical Sherlock Holmes, for inspiration. But the investigation leads him down some unexpected paths and ultimately brings him face to face with the dissolution of his parents' marriage. As he tries to deal with the crisis within his own family, we are drawn into the workings of Christopher's mind. And herein lies the key to the brilliance of Mark Haddon's choice of narrator: The most wrenching of emotional moments are chronicled by a boy who cannot fathom emotion. The effect is dazzling, making for a novel that is deeply funny, poignant, and fascinating in its portrayal of a person whose curse and blessing is a mind that perceives the world literally . The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Tim e is one of the freshest debuts in years: a comedy, a heartbreaker, a mystery story, a novel of exceptional literary merit that is great fun to read.

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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0385512104
ISBN-13
9780385512107
eBay Product ID (ePID)
6029799

Product Key Features

Book Title
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time : a Novel
Author
Mark Haddon
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Family Life, Literary, Coming of Age, Mystery & Detective / General
Publication Year
2003
Genre
Fiction

Dimensions

Item Length
8.5in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
5.7in
Item Weight
12.4 Oz

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"Mark Haddon's portrayal of an emotionally dissociated mind is a superb achievement. He is a wise and bleakly funny writer with rare gifts of empathy." -Ian McEwan, author of ATONEMENT and AMSTERDAM "I have never read anything quite like Mark Haddon's funny and agonizingly honest book, or encountered a narrator more vivid and memorable. I advise you to buy two copies; you wont want to lend yours out." --Arthur Golden, author of MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA " The Curious Incident brims with imagination, empathy, and vision -- plus it's a lot of fun to read." -Myla Goldberg, author of BEE SEASON, "Mark Haddon's portrayal of an emotionally dissociated mind is a superb achievement. He is a wise and bleakly funny writer with rare gifts of empathy." -Ian McEwan, author of ATONEMENT and AMSTERDAM "I have never read anything quite like Mark Haddon's funny and agonizingly honest book, or encountered a narrator more vivid and memorable. I advise you to buy two copies; you wonπt want to lend yours out." --Arthur Golden, author of MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA "The Curious Incident brims with imagination, empathy, and vision -- plus it's a lot of fun to read." -Myla Goldberg, author of BEE SEASON, "Mark Haddon's portrayal of an emotionally dissociated mind is a superb achievement. He is a wise and bleakly funny writer with rare gifts of empathy." -Ian McEwan, author of ATONEMENT and AMSTERDAM "I have never read anything quite like Mark Haddon's funny and agonizingly honest book, or encountered a narrator more vivid and memorable. I advise you to buy two copies; you wonπt want to lend yours out." --Arthur Golden, author of MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA " The Curious Incident brims with imagination, empathy, and vision -- plus it's a lot of fun to read." -Myla Goldberg, author of BEE SEASON
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
[Fic]
Dewey Edition
21
Number of Pages
240 Pages

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