Haddon, Mark
by The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
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- ISBN 10
- 0385509456
- ISBN 13
- 9780385509459
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New York. 2003. July 2003. Doubleday. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0385509456. 226 pages. hardcover. Jacket Design By Michael Ian Kaye. Jacket Illustration By Alejanoro Cardenas For Art Department. Author Photograph (c) Clare Mcnamee . keywords: Literature America Autism. FROM THE PUBLISHER - 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 are a mind that perceives the world literally. THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME 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. inventory #34298 ISBN: 0385509456.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 34298
- Title
- Haddon, Mark
- Author
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0385509456
- ISBN 13
- 9780385509459
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 2003
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