num_pages: 272
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. And he detests the color yellow.Although gifted with a superbly logical brain, fifteen-year-old Christopher is autistic and everyday interactions and admonishments have little meaning for him. He lives on patterns, rules, and a diagram kept in his pocket. Then one day, a neighbor's dog, Wellington, is killed and his carefully constructive universe is threatened. Christopher sets out to solve the murder in the style of his favorite (logical) detective, Sherlock Holmes. What follows makes for a novel that is deeply funny, poignant, and fascinating in its portrayal of a person whose curse and blessing are a mind that perceives the world entirely literally.
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: 1439273
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: Random House