The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

mark haddon ben tibber

'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.

Genres fictionmysteryyoung adultbook clubclassicsautistic spectrum disordernovelscontemporaryschoolpsychology

360 pages, Audio Cassette

First published July 31,2003

Literary awards

booker prize, james tait black memorial prize, whitbread award, guardian childrens fiction prize, booktrust teenage prize, mckitterick prize, los angeles times book prize, exclusive books boeke prize, ala alex award, zilveren zoen, lincoln award, commonwealth writers prize, north east teenage book award, carnegie medal, dolly gray childrens literature award, premi protagonista jove,

Places

swindon england, london england, england,

This edition

Format: 360 pages, Audio Cassette
Published: April 1, 2004 by Random House Audiobooks
ISBN: 9781856868648
ASIN: 1856868648
Language: English

Characters More characters

Christopher John Francis Boone

Christopher Boone is a very talented 15 year old. He knows a lot about space and mathematics - he also finds people confusing and notices the tiniest details about the world around him that most people would ignore. He and his father Ed are very similar i...
Toby

A disambiguation of unrelated books containing a character named Toby that generally dont have a last name or other unique identifier.more...
Siobhan

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Mr. Jeavons

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Mrs. Alexander

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Ed Boone

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About the author

mark haddon

Mark Haddon is an English novelist, best known for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2003). He won the Whitbread Award, the Dolly Gray Children's Literature Award, the Guardian Prize, and a Commonwealth Writers Prize for his work.