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  The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time
by Mark Haddon
 
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A magical book. It's one of those books that makes you feel as though you have been on an emotional rollercoaster.   Carrie Grant, Sunday Express

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.

 
In telling a painful story in the voice of a 15-year-old boy with Asperger's, Haddon broadens ordinary minds and helps to understand how they work, too.   Daily Telegraph

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Vintage • Classic fiction • Previous ISBN: 0099450259
Publication date: 01/04/2004 • 288 pages • B format • EAN: 9780099450252

 
 
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