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- United States
- Personalize
- No
- Era
- 2000s
- Signed
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- Original Language
- English
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- ISBN
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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1400032717
ISBN-13
9781400032716
eBay Product ID (ePID)
6035107
Product Key Features
Book Title
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2004
Topic
Family Life, Coming of Age, Literary, Mystery & Detective / General
Genre
Fiction
Book Series
Vintage Contemporaries Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
8.6 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
"Gloriously eccentric and wonderfully intelligent." -The Boston Globe "Moving. . . . Think ofThe Sound and the Furycrossed withThe Catcher in the Ryeand one of Oliver Sacks's real-life stories." -Michiko Kakutani,The New York Times "This is an amazing novel. An amazing book." -The Dallas Morning News "A superb achievement. He is a wise and bleakly funny writer with rare gifts of empathy." -Ian McEwan, author ofAtonement "Brilliant. . . . Delightful. . . . Very moving, very plausible-and very funny." -Oliver Sacks "Superb. . . . Bits of wisdom fairly leap off the page." -Newsday "Disorienting and reorienting the reader to devastating effect. . . . As suspenseful and harrowing as anything in Conan Doyle." -Jay McInerney,The New York Times Book Review "Extraordinarily moving, often blackly funny. . . . It is hard to think of anyone who would not be moved and delighted by this book." -Financial Times, London "Both clever and observant." -The Washington Post "Full of whimsical surprises and tender humor." -People "[Haddon] illuminates a core of suffering through the narrowly focused insights of a boy who hasn't the words to describe emotional pain." -New YorkDaily News "Outstanding. . . . A stunningly good read." -The Independent "Engrossing . . . flawlessly imagined and deeply affecting." -Time Out New York "A remarkable book from a writer with very special talent." -Fort Worth Star-Telegram "The Curious Incidentis the rare book that repays reading twice in quick succession." -Detroit Free Press "Heart-in-the-mouth stuff, terrifying and moving. Haddon is to be congratulated for imagining a new kind of hero." -The Daily Telegraph "This original and affecting novel is a triumph of empathy." The New Yorker "Haddon's book illuminates the way one mind works so precisely, so humanely, that it reads like both an acutely observed case study and an artful exploration of a different 'mystery': the thoughts and feeling we share even with those very different from us." Entertainment Weekly "Mark Haddon's portrayal of an emotionally disassociated mind is a superb achievement. He is a wise and bleakly funny writer with rare gifts of empathy." Ian McEwan, author ofAtonement "A murder mystery, a road atlas, a postmodern canvas of modern sensory overload, a coming-of-age journal and lastly a really affecting look at the grainy inconsistency of parental and romantic love and its failures. . . . In this striking first novel, Mark Haddon is both clever and observant, and the effect is vastly affecting." The Washington Post "Haddon's gentle humor reminds us that facts don't add up to a life, that we understand ourselves only through metaphor." Chicago Tribune "Beautifully written. . . . Heart-in-the-mouth stuff, terrifying and moving. Haddon is to be congratulated for imagining a new kind of hero, for the humbling instruction this warm and often funny novel offers and for showing that the best lives are lived where difference is cherished." <i, "Gloriously eccentric and wonderfully intelligent." -The Boston Globe "Moving. . . . Think of The Sound and the Fury crossed with The Catcher in the Rye and one of Oliver Sacks's real-life stories." -Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "This is an amazing novel. An amazing book." -The Dallas Morning News "A superb achievement. He is a wise and bleakly funny writer with rare gifts of empathy." -Ian McEwan, author of Atonement "Brilliant. . . . Delightful. . . . Very moving, very plausible-and very funny." -Oliver Sacks "Superb. . . . Bits of wisdom fairly leap off the page." -Newsday "Disorienting and reorienting the reader to devastating effect. . . . As suspenseful and harrowing as anything in Conan Doyle." -Jay McInerney, The New York Times Book Review "Extraordinarily moving, often blackly funny. . . . It is hard to think of anyone who would not be moved and delighted by this book." -Financial Times, London "Both clever and observant." -The Washington Post "Full of whimsical surprises and tender humor." -People "[Haddon] illuminates a core of suffering through the narrowly focused insights of a boy who hasn't the words to describe emotional pain." -New York Daily News "Outstanding. . . . A stunningly good read." -The Independent "Engrossing . . . flawlessly imagined and deeply affecting." -Time Out New York "A remarkable book from a writer with very special talent." -Fort Worth Star-Telegram "The Curious Incident is the rare book that repays reading twice in quick succession." -Detroit Free Press "Heart-in-the-mouth stuff, terrifying and moving. Haddon is to be congratulated for imagining a new kind of hero." -The Daily Telegraph "This original and affecting novel is a triumph of empathy." The New Yorker "Haddon's book illuminates the way one mind works so precisely, so humanely, that it reads like both an acutely observed case study and an artful exploration of a different 'mystery': the thoughts and feeling we share even with those very different from us." Entertainment Weekly "Mark Haddon's portrayal of an emotionally disassociated mind is a superb achievement. He is a wise and bleakly funny writer with rare gifts of empathy." Ian McEwan, author of Atonement "A murder mystery, a road atlas, a postmodern canvas of modern sensory overload, a coming-of-age journal and lastly a really affecting look at the grainy inconsistency of parental and romantic love and its failures. . . . In this striking first novel, Mark Haddon is both clever and observant, and the effect is vastly affecting." The Washington Post "Haddon's gentle humor reminds us that facts don't add up to a life, that we understand ourselves only through metaphor." Chicago Tribune "Beautifully written. . . . Heart-in-the-mouth stuff, terrifying and moving. Haddon is to be congratulated for imagining a new kind of hero, for the humbling instruction this warm and often funny novel offers and for showing that the best lives are lived where difference is cherished." &
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A modern classic--both poignant and funny--about a boy with autism who sets out to solve the murder of a neighbor's dog and discovers unexpected truths about himself and the world. "Disorienting and reorienting the reader to devastating effect.... Suspenseful and harrowing." -- The New York Times Book Review 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. This improbable story of Christopher's quest to investigate the suspicious death of a neighborhood dog makes for one of the most captivating, unusual, and widely heralded novels in recent years., A bestselling modern classic--both poignant and funny--about a boy with autism who sets out to solve the murder of a neighbor's dog and discovers unexpected truths about himself and the world. Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read 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. This improbable story of Christopher's quest to investigate the suspicious death of a neighborhood dog makes for one of the most captivating, unusual, and widely heralded novels in recent years.
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