The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

First Vintage Contemporaries edition.

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Author

Mark Haddon

Publication

2004 - Vintage Contemporaries, New York (New York), USA, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

56,500 words, Guess

Page Count

226 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

Open LibraryOL13633988M
ISBN-101400032717
OCLC Control Number55142139
OCLC Control Numbercuriousincidento00hadd
LibraryThing2930

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Goodreads1618

Description

This is Christopher's murder mystery story. There are no lies in this story because Christopher can't tell lies. Christopher does not like strangers or the colours yellow or brown or being touched. On the other hand, he knows all the countries in the world and their capital cities and every prime number up to 7507. When Christohper decides to find out who killed the neighbour's dog, his mystery story becomes more complicated than he could ever have predicted.

First Sentence

It was 7 minutes after midnight.

Excerpt

It was 7 minutes after midnight.

Description

Despite his overwhelming fear of interacting with people, Christopher, a mathematically-gifted, autistic fifteen-year-old boy, decides to investigate the murder of a neighbor's dog and uncovers secret information about his mother.