The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Mark Haddon [78]
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FIRST VINTAGE BOOKS EDITION, JUNE 2008
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Haddon, Mark.
The curious incident of the dog in the night-time : a novel / Mark Haddon.—1st ed.
p. cm.
Despite his overwhelming fear of interacting with people, Christopher, a mathematically gifted, autistic fifteen-year-old boy, decides to investigate the murder of a neighbor’s dog and uncovers secret information about his mother.
[1. Autism—Fiction. 2. Savants (Savant syndrome)—Fiction. 3. England—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.H1165 Cu 2003
[Fic]—dc21 2002031355
Copyright © 2002 by Mark Haddon
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