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Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 1400032717
ISBN-13: 9781400032716
May 2004
Publisher: Bantam Dell Pub Group
240 pages
Grade:
From 10 to 12
Reprint
Vintage Contemporaries Series
Language: English |
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Synopsis
The 15-year-old narrator is an autistic boy named Christopher Boone who is obsessed with (among other things) Sherlock Holmes. When a neighbor's dog is killed, he decides to track down the real dog-killer. As the events are filtered through the mind of an autistic, they take on their own logic--and are often hilarious. Eventually, by his own eccentric methods, Christopher uncovers truths that are profoundly disturbing, and in the process is forced to extend himself well beyond his usual boundaries. THE CURIOUS INCIDENT is the first work of adult fiction by an acclaimed writer of books for young people. A New York Times Notable Book for 2003.
| Details | | Series: | Vintage Contemporaries Series |
| Size | | Length: | 240 pages | | Height: | 9.0 in | | Width: | 5.5 in | | Thickness: | 0.5 in | | Weight: | 9.6 oz |
Industry Reviews
"[A] bittersweet tale....A kind of Holden Caulfield who speaks bravely and winningly from inside the sorrows of autism: wonderful, simple, easy, moving, and likely to be a smash."
Kirkus Reviews (04/15/2003)
"[S]tark, funny and original....Haddon manages to bring us deep inside Christopher's mind and situates us comfortably within his limited, severely logical point of view, to the extent that we begin to question the common sense and the erratic emotionalism of the normal citizens who surround him, as well as our own intuitions and habits of perception....Christopher Boone is...certainly one of the strangest and most convincing characters in recent fiction."
New York Times Book Review - Jay McInerney (06/15/2003)
"This original and affecting novel is a triumph of empathy; whether describing Christopher's favorite dream...or his vision of the universe collapsing in a thunder or stars, the author makes his hero's severely limited world a thrilling place to be."
New Yorker (08/04/2003)
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