The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
by Haddon, Mark
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Slightly cocked.
- ISBN 10
- 0385509456
- ISBN 13
- 9780385509459
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
Wondrous-Brilliantly inventive, full of dazzling set pieces- Not simply the most original novel I've read in years-it's also one of the best' The TimesThe 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.
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- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 34299
- Title
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
- Author
- Haddon, Mark
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Slightly cocked.
- Edition
- First American Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0385509456
- ISBN 13
- 9780385509459
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- 0385509456, AUTISTIC Characters, Literary Mysteries, WHITBREAD Award Winners
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery and Mayhem;
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- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...