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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time( )
Author: Haddon, Mark
Series title:Vintage Contemporaries Ser.
ISBN:978-1-101-91161-7
Publication Date:Nov 2014
Publisher:Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Imprint:Vintage
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $14.95
Book Description:

THE BESTSELLING NOVEL THE AWARD-WINNING LONDON THEATRICAL SENSATION NOW ON BROADWAY MORE THAN 5 MILLION COPIES SOLD 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 hates the color yellow.  The improbable story of Christopher's...
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Book Details
Pages:240
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.18 x 7.99 x 0.71 Inches
Book Weight:0.525 Pounds
Author Biography
Haddon, Mark (Author)
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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