Mark Haddon's
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
Inhale this refreshingly original tale critics declare as "Flawlessly imagined" and "Moving".
However, upon gracing one's eyes upon the intricate bounty of Haddon's "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time", we realize that it just might be a little too early to give up on them yet.
The story follows fifteen-year-old Christopher Boone, an autistic individual who finds a slaughtered dog on his neighbor's yard during one of his twilight walks. Being deftly able in the field of logic and mathematics, Boone's driven to scrutinize the world around for a gentle solution to a simple yearning to right an injustice.
But is he prepared to behold the consequences of discovery?
"AND THIS SHOWS THAT SOMETIMES PEOPLE WANT TO BE STUPID AND THEY DO NOT WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH..."
Christopher Boone
Father
The Train
-Guardian Children's Fiction Prize- 2003- Mark Haddon
-Waverton Good Read Award- 2004- Mark Haddon
-A Whitbread Book of the Year-
-A New York Times Notable Book-
So... What are readers actually saying about "The Curious Incident?"
-The Washington Post
"Disorienting and reorienting the reader to a devastating effect... [The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is] as suspenseful and harrowing as anything in Conan Doyle."
-Jay Mclnerney, The New York Times Book Review
"Think Huck Finn, The Catcher in the Rye, or the early chapters of David Copperfield."
-Houston Chronicle
"Wonderfully surreal....Heartbreaking and inspiring.... It is hard to think of anyone who would not be moved by this book."
-Financial Times (London)
"A tale full of cheeky surprises and tender humor... A touching evolution."
-Milwaukee Journal sentinel