The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time

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.

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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

'Exceptional by any standards-Both funny and deeply moving' Sunday Telegraph

'To get an idea of what The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is like, think of The Sound and the Fury crossed with The Catcher in the Rye and one of Oliver Sacks's real-life stories' New York Times

'A beautifully written book-Haddon is to be congratulated for imagining a new kind of hero, for the humbling instruction this warm and often funny novel offers and for showing that the best lives are lived where difference is cherished' Daily Telegraph

'Superbly realised-A funny as well as a sad book-Brilliant' Guardian

'Outstanding-Heartening as well as richly entertaining-A stunningly good read' Independent

'A remarkable book-An impressive achievement and a rewarding read' Time Out

'Brilliantly empathetic-Believe the hype: a brilliant, heart-warming book' Scotsman

'A delightful and brilliant book-Very moving, very plausible and very funny' Oliver Sacks

'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 but two copies; you want to lend yours out' Arthur Golden, author of Memoirs of a Geisha

Mark Haddon is an author, illustrator and screenwriter who has written fifteen books for children and won two BAFTAs. He lives in Oxford.

'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 Times