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The Curious Incident of the Dog In the Night-time Paperback – 3 March 2014

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Mark Haddon's bestselling The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time is an unusual detective story written from the perspective of an autistic boy.

Christopher is 15 and lives in Swindon with his father. He has Asperger's Syndrome, a form of autism. He is obsessed with maths, science and Sherlock Holmes but finds it hard to understand other people. When he discovers a dead dog on a neighbour's lawn he decides to solve the mystery and write a detective thriller about it. As in all good detective stories, however, the more he unearths, the deeper the mystery gets - for both Christopher and the rest of his family.

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12 - 17 years
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288 pages
Language

English
Dimensions

13 x 1.9 x 19.8 cm
Publisher

RED FOX - MASS MARKET
Publication date

3 March 2014
ISBN-10

1782953469
ISBN-13

978-1782953463
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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 -- Carol Ann Duffy ― Daily Telegraph Published On: 2003-06-04

The clash between Christopher's view of the world and the way it looks to the rest of us makes this an extraordinarily moving, often blackly funny read. It is hard to think of anyone who would not be moved and delighted by this book, so the decision to publish it simultaneously for older children and adults is certainly well-founded -- Jill Slotover ― Financial Times Published On: 2003-06-04

Brilliantly inventive, full of dazzling set-pieces, unbearably sad, yet also skilfully dodging any encounters with sentimentality, this isn't simply the most original novel I've read in years . . . It's also one of the best ― The Times Published On: 2003-05-07

A stroke of genius, as the advantages of having a naive, literal-minded boy in the driving seat are manifold . . . We do learn what it might feel like to have Asperger's Syndrome -- David Newnham ― TES Published On: 2003-05-07

The book gave me that rare, greedy feeling of: this is so good I want to read it all at once but I mustn't or it will be over too soon -- Kate Kellaway ― Observer Published On: 2003-05-07

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ RED FOX - MASS MARKET; 1st edition (3 March 2014)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1782953469
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1782953463
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 12 - 17 years
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13 x 1.9 x 19.8 cm

Best Sellers Rank: 1,839 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 1 in Young Adult Fiction on Disabilities
- 11 in Children's Books on Social Skills
- 15 in Books on Social & Family Issues for Young Adults

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Mark Haddon

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Mark Haddon is an author, illustrator and screenwriter who has written fifteen books for children and won two BAFTAs. His bestselling novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, was published simultaneously by Jonathan Cape and David Fickling in 2003. It won seventeen literary prizes, including the Whitbread Award. His poetry collection, The Talking Horse and the Sad Girl and the Village Under the Sea, was published by Picador in 2005, and his last novel, The Red House, was published by Jonathan Cape in 2012. He lives in Oxford.

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Julie-Ann Daniel

Didn't get as much as expected from this

Reviewed in Australia on 5 October 2014

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Which is probably down to the reader. It took me a few attempts to get going and once I had, I found that because the main character is writing a novel, I started to read the whole thing as a novel rather than looking to learn from it. I did get some insights that will be helpful going forward but I have sourced other material that I feel will be more suitable for me specifically to learn from. I think this was probably a good place to start though and would still recommend it.

One person found this helpful

Intriguing view of the world

Reviewed in Australia on 5 March 2020

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Reading this as part of our book group made it a discovery of a title I had never heard of or of the author! It is a gem. A view of life unlike the rest of our lives as we hedge and compromise. These are the things seen raw that are driving us to the edge... the noise, the lies.. the blitz on the senses.

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Refreshingly different

Reviewed in Australia on 7 September 2018

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A very different approach to autism. A well-written story which portrays a young boy with autism as a normal person, but just a little different from the average. Great story line, good humour, and refreshingly treated.

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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

Reviewed in Australia on 6 August 2018

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I loved this book, written from the perspective of a 15 year-old English boy who is obviously on the autism spectrum - although when this book was written I don't think that exact diagnosis existed or was widely known. I found Christopher's honesty and intelligence delightful and so refreshing, whilst I worried about the consequences for him of how people in society would react to his total lack of sentimentality or empathy. Basically he called it as he saw it. I saw the play soon after reading the book, and enjoyed it immensely. I think it is a book that everyone should read.

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An Interesting Read

Reviewed in Australia on 15 July 2020

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Like all good reads, once I got into the book I was hooked. We must never assume what is normal in our lives!

Reviewed in Australia on 9 April 2015

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Written from the point of view of a young lad with Asbergers, Mark seems to capture what it might be like living in his skin. It has humour (not overdone) but also has a way of cutting through the social graces to get right to the truth.

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... for me to read and I thought it was fantastic. This book started

Reviewed in Australia on 3 October 2014

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This was something out of the ordinary for me to read and I thought it was fantastic. This book started, light and quirky and before you know it your involved in a drama that is unexpected. A glimpse of what it is like to be autistic, in an authentic manner. I will recommend it to all of my friends. A great read.

Normalising autism.

Reviewed in Australia on 29 August 2019

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A great exposure to unusual family relationships. This book helps to make regular, complex situations.

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Greg

Insulting to people like me

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 December 2018

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This book, although thought provoking, is badly written and insulting. I have aspergers and found it to be wholly simplistic and belittling. I also work as a specialist teacher and not one of my autistic students would write so badly. Every sentence seems to begin with "and*, making it an exhausting and continuous sentence of incoherent rabble. Books like this place autistic people in a box, that neither accurately describes an individual, nor support any basis for understanding. Two stars would be generous.

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oniony

Avoid

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 September 2019

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I bought this book to read to my children, 11 and 9. All I can say is I'm pretty disappointed with it and don't really understand why it gets such great reviews.

Firstly the plot is acceptable and somewhat interesting. It kept the kids interest but they weren't mesmerised like that have been in some other books, like Framed for example, which has a similar mystery aspect.

I don't know how realistic the portrayal of the autistic protagonist is. As its written in the first person it was a little grating to read something written in such a mechanical style and I'm not convinced an actual autistic person would have written in such a mechanical style.

However, what really let the book down for me, and I'm not a prude by any stretch of the imagination, is the constant use of expletives. I don't mind an appropriate swear in a book from an angry real-world character and the occasional f-word can be used to great effect in a comedic setting (I watch Taskmaster with my eldest daughter, for example, and they swear in that) but this book is littered with swearing that just seems to be there to be 'cool'. Almost every character the protagonist interacts with seems to tell him to 'f*** off' and there's even a use of c***, which was totally unnecessary.

So I can't really recommend this book, for children, teens or young adults. It's an average plot with irritating writing style and lack of any real emotional hook. If you want something good with a similar mystery element, pick up Framed or Holes.

40 people found this helpful

MD

Nothing to do with Aspergers syndrome, but OK story.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 February 2020

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What has disappointed me about this book is the little research the author has done about Aspergers Syndrome; the characteristics of this syndrome differ greatly from those that Christopher (the protagonist of the story) shows. Aspergers has been a part of my family for many years now and I can assure Christopher seems to be somewhere within the spectrum, but far away from having Aspergers. Starting every sentence with the conjunction "and" is tiring for the reader and completelly unrealistic: one of the feature of Aspergers is the need to use the language correctly, to show a good understanding of it, and the author has failed to recognized this aspect among other ones of this syndrome. I was hoping to, perhaps, learn something new or understand this condition better, but it's turned up to be a great disappointment where the author has completelly mixed up a bunch of different features within the spectrum and decided to call it Aspergers. Really bad research job, Mr. Haddon.

24 people found this helpful

Lucy

A great book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 March 2018

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I thoroughly enjoyed this book, it is not a story about aspergers but a story of seeing the world through the eyes of a young man who happens to have aspergers. The main character is honest and engaging.

The description of the crime in the beginning was graphic and violent which I imagine a lot of people, especially young readers, would find shocking and unpleasant. There were also a couple of references of sex and swearing. For this reason I have waited until my children were older to read it, so I read it myself!

The story itself is captivating and I thoroughly enjoyed the book.

32 people found this helpful

Nuala Bond

insightful

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 August 2020

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Took me about 24hrs to read this book. It was recommended to me by some mum's of ASD kids a Facebook group I'm on (as I have a, possibly 2 ASD boys) it was also recommend to me by my older ASD boys teacher from 2 years ago (shes my "book guru' lol if I want a new book to read she always has great suggestions) it was hard to get in to at first I with the way Christopher gos off track when writing he's book, once I got use to the way he off tracked I got though the book quickly. The way he describes he's thoughts and feelings, and how he feels around people it reminded me so much if my best friend, he will walk agesnt walls to put himself as far away from people as he can, he trusts me so I can be close to him and although I've always expected that This was part of who he was and not something he could help I never understood this made me realize how hard it could be for him. Christopher also has other behaviours that remind me so much of my boys and it makes me think so much of them. To see what could be going on in there mind I feel as actually helped me to understand them more. Would definitely recommend the book. My daughter has now laid claim to it to read after she's read the book she has on the go at the moment.

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