num_pages: 272
description: Fifteen-year-old Christopher has Asperger's Syndrome, a form of autism. He has a photographic memory. He understands maths. He understands science. What he can't understand other human beings. When he finds his neighbour's dog, Wellington, lying dead on a neighbour's lawn, he decides to track down the killer and write a murder mystery novel about it. In doing so, however, he uncovered as other mysteries that threaten to bring his whole world crashing down around him.
language: English
title: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
titlecomplete: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
characters: Siobhan, Rhodri, Christopher John Francis Boone, Toby, Mr. Roger Shears, Ed Boone, Judy Boone, Mrs. Eileen Shears, Mrs. Alexander, Mr. Jeavons, Wellington
genres: Fiction, Mystery, Psychology, School, Young Adult, Literature, Classics, Novels, Contemporary, Autistic Spectrum Disorder
ratings_count: 1439139
places: Swindon, England, England, London, England
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Booker Prize
category: Longlist, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: James Tait Black Memorial Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Whitbread Award
category: Novel and Book of the Year, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Booktrust Teenage Prize, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: McKitterick Prize, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Exclusive Books Boeke Prize, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: ALA Alex Award, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Zilveren Zoen, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Lincoln Award, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Commonwealth Writers' Prize
category: Best First Book Overall, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: North East Teenage Book Award, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Carnegie Medal, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Dolly Gray Children's Literature Award, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Premi Protagonista Jove
category: Categoria 14-16 anys
publisher: David Fickling Books