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The story of Christopher, the boy whose mission to solve a dog-murder mystery leads him to uncover some shocking hidden truths

About the Author

Mark Haddon is an author, illustrator and screenwriter who has written fifteen books for children and won two BAFTAs. His bestselling novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time won seventeen literary prizes, including the Whitbread Award. His poetry collection, The Talking Horse and the Sad Girl and the Village Under the Sea, was published by Picador in 2005, and his last novel, The Red House, was published by Jonathan Cape in 2012. His most recent title is short story collection The Pier Falls. He lives in Oxford.

Reviews

Wondrous...brilliantly inventive...dazzling. Not simply the most original novel I've read in years - it's also one of the best
*The Times*

Exceptional by any standards. Both funny and deeply moving
*Sunday Telegraph*

Outstanding. Heartening as well as richly entertaining. A stunningly good read
*Independent*

Superbly realised. A funny as well as a sad book. Brilliant
*Guardian*

A remarkable book. An impressive achievement and a rewarding read
*Time Out*

A magical book. It's one of those books that makes you feel as though you have been on an emotional rollercoaster.
*Carrie Grant, Sunday Express*

Brilliantly empathetic. Believe the hype: a brilliant, heart-warming book
*Scotsman*

In telling a painful story in the voice of a 15-year-old boy with Asperger's, Haddon broadens ordinary minds and helps to understand how they work, too.
*Daily Telegraph*

Mark Haddon's portrayal of an emotionally dissociated mind is a superb achievement. He is a wise and bleakly funny writer with rare gifts of empathy
*Ian McEwan*

I have never read anything quite like Mark Haddon's funny and agonizingly honest book, or encountered a narrator more vivid and memorable. I advise you to buy two copies; you won't want to lend yours out
*Arthur Golden, author of 'Memoirs of a Geisha'*