num_pages: 268
description: Fifteen-year-old Christopher has a photographic memory. He understands maths. He understands science. What he can't understand are other human beings. When he finds his neighbour's dog lying dead on the lawn, he decides to track down the killer and write a murder mystery about it. But what other mysteries will he end up uncovering?
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: Toby, Rhodri, Mrs. Alexander, Christopher John Francis Boone, Siobhan, Mr. Jeavons, Mrs. Eileen Shears, Wellington, Judy Boone, Ed Boone, Mr. Roger Shears
genres: Novels, School, Young Adult, Literature, Psychology, Classics, Mystery, Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 1438951
places: England, London, England, Swindon, 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: 1136102400000
name: Premi Protagonista Jove
category: Categoria 15-16 anys
publisher: Definitions