![]() The novel is being published simultaneously for adults by Jonathan Cape and for children by David Fickling, publisher of Philip Pullman. Christopher is a brilliant creation, and Mark Haddon's depiction of his world is deeply moving, very funny and utterly convincing. ![]() He has never gone further than the end of the road on his own, but when he finds a neighbour's dog murdered he sets out on a terrifying journey which will turn his whole world upside down. He hates the colours yellow and brown and being touched. ![]() He knows a very great deal about maths and very little about human beings. Christopher is fifteen and has Asperger's, a form of autism. The detective, and narrator, is Christopher Boone. There was a garden fork sticking out of the dog.'THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT- TIME is a murder mystery novel like no other. It looked as if it was running on its side, the way dogs run when they think they are chasing a cat in a dream. 'The dog was lying on the grass in the middle of the lawn in front of Mrs Shears' house. ![]()
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