by Mark Haddon · RANDOM HOUSE UK · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099572831
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«The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time» is Mark Haddon's mystery novel in paperback from Random House UK (304 pages, in English).
Christopher Boone, a fifteen-year-old boy with Asperger's syndrome, investigates the death of a neighbour's dog. Obsessed with Sherlock Holmes, his logic clashes with the world of emotions; as he follows the clues he unearths family secrets and embarks on a journey that will test his way of understanding reality.
Originally published in 2003, it won the Whitbread Award and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. This paperback edition is from 2012.
Suitable for readers from around twelve years old and for adults, with a regular presence in reading groups.
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.
