The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time - Winner of the Whitbread Book of the Year 2003, the Commonwealth Writers Prize 2004, Best First Book, the Guardian Children's Fiction Award 2003 and the Booktrust Teenage Prize 2003
Verlag | Random House UK |
Auflage | 2014 |
Seiten | 288 |
Format | 19,7 cm |
B-Format | |
Gewicht | 214 g |
Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
ISBN-10 | 1782953469 |
EAN | 9781782953463 |
Bestell-Nr | 78295346UA |
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.
Rezension:
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