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The curious incident of the dog in the night-time

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Main Author: Haddon, Mark
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Doubleday, c2003.
Edition:1st ed.
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Autism > Fiction.
Savants (Savant syndrome) > Fiction.
England > Fiction.
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Item Description: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.
"Today's Book Club"
Physical Description:226 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
ISBN:0385512104
9781400032716 (pbk.)
9780965750899
Author Notes:Author and screenwriter Mark Haddon was born in Northampton, U.K. in 1962. He received a B.A. in English from Merton College and a MSc in English Literature from Edinburgh University. Since 1996, he has worked on numerous television projects. He has won two BAFTAs and The Royal Television Society Best Children's Drama for Microsoap, which he created and wrote 12 out of 25 episodes. He also wrote the screenplay for the BBC television adaption of Fungus the Bogeyman.

He has written fifteen children's books including the Agent Z series. In 1994, he was shortlisted for the Smarties Prize for The Real Porky Philips. He won the 2003 Whitbread Book of the Year Award for his novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, which provides a realistic insight into what it is like to have autism. He currently lives in Oxford with his family. He was runner-up for the BBC National Short Story Award with his title 'Bunny'.

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