The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
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.
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Fifteen-year-old Christopher John Francis Boone, who can name every prime number up to 7,057, finds his neighbor's poodle Wellington stabbed with a garden fork. He decides to write a detective book about who did it.
Yes. The protagonist Christopher is a 15-year-old with autism (the novel does not name it explicitly but describes characteristics consistent with autism). Mark Haddon has since said he is not a clinical expert and the book should not be taken as documentary.
Yes. The 2012 stage adaptation by Simon Stephens won numerous Olivier and Tony Awards. The play is widely performed in regional theater and is often used in school curricula.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time was written by Mark Haddon, published in 2002 by Penguin Random House.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is 256 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time takes most readers 4 to 6 hours to finish.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a standalone novel by Mark Haddon, not part of a series.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
