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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Mark Haddon
Narrated by a fifteen-year-old autistic savant obsessed with Sherlock Holmes, this dazzling novel weaves together an old-fashioned mystery, a contemporary coming-of-age story, and a fascinating excursion into a mind incapable of processing emotions.
Vintage Contemporaries
Vintage
May 2004
Featuring: Christopher John Francis Boone
240 pages
ISBN: 1400032717
Trade Size (reprint)
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Fantasy | Contemporary
Foreign rights have been sold to the UK, Italy, France,
Sweden, Norway, Spain, Japan, Greece, Finland, Denmark,
Holland and Brazil. Film rights have been bought by Hey Day (the makers of Harry
Potter) together with Brad Grey (producer of The Sopranos)
and Brad Pitt in their first acquisition for Warner Bros. Narrated by a fifteen-year-old autistic savant obsessed with
Sherlock Holmes, this dazzling novel weaves together an
old-fashioned mystery, a contemporary coming-of-age story,
and a fascinating excursion into a mind incapable of
processing emotions. Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of
the world and their capitals and every prime number up to
7,057. Although gifted with a superbly logical brain,
Christopher is autistic. Everyday interactions and
admonishments have little meaning for him. At fifteen,
Christopher?s carefully constructed world falls apart when
he finds his neighbour?s dog Wellington impaled on a garden
fork, and he is initially blamed for the killing. Christopher decides that he will track down the real killer,
and turns to his favourite fictional character, the
impeccably logical Sherlock Holmes, for inspiration. But the
investigation leads him down some unexpected paths and
ultimately brings him face to face with the dissolution of
his parents? marriage. As Christopher tries to deal with the
crisis within his own family, the narrative draws readers
into the workings of Christopher?s mind. And herein lies the key to the brilliance of Mark Haddon?s
choice of narrator: The most wrenching of emotional moments
are chronicled by a boy who cannot fathom emotions. The
effect is dazzling, making for one of the freshest debut in
years: a comedy, a tearjerker, a mystery story, a novel of
exceptional literary merit that is great fun to read.
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