description: Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. He relates well to animals but has no understanding of human emotions. He cannot stand to be touched. Although gifted with a superbly logical brain, Christopher is autistic. Everyday interactions and admonishments have little meaning for him. Routine, order and predictability shelter him from the messy, wider world. Then, at fifteen, Christopher’s carefully constructed world falls apart when he finds his neighbor’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 favorite 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 he tries to deal with the crisis within his own family, we are drawn 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 emotion. The effect is dazzling, making for a novel that is deeply funny, poignant, and fascinating in its portrayal of a person whose curse and blessing is a mind that perceives the world literally.The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is one of the freshest debuts in years: a comedy, a heartbreaker, a mystery story, a novel of exceptional literary merit that is great fun to read.
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: 1439153
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: Recorded Books