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THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME
de Haddon, Mark
- Usado
- Aceptable
- Tapa blanda
- First
- Estado
- Fine/None as Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0099450259
- ISBN 13
- 9780099450252
- Librería
-
Berkeley, California, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York, NY: Vintage Books/Random House, 2004. First Edition, 22nd Printing . Soft cover. Fine/None as Issued. BRAND NEW Copy w/trace edge wear to softcover. Winner of the Whitebread Book of the Year Award. Impressive murder/mystery, set in England, narrated by 15 year old, young detective Christopher Boone. Christopher has Asperger's Syndrome; he has a keen grasp of mathematical reasoning but little understanding of what makes human beings behavior the way they do. For him, lists, descerning repetitive patterns and the underlying truth are paramount, additionally, the colors yellow and brown are disturbing, and he dislikes being touched. Having never ventured beyond the end of the road, his physical world is confined. The murder victim is a neighbor's dog. Solving of the crime propels Christopher into an alien world, and allows the reader a glimpse of the autistic mind.
Sinopsis
Wondrous-Brilliantly inventive, full of dazzling set pieces- Not simply the most original novel I've read in years-it's also one of the best' The TimesThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a murder mystery novel like no other. The detective, and narrator, is Christopher Boone. Christopher is fifteen and has Asperger's, a form of autism. He knows a very great deal about maths and very little about human beings. He loves lists, patterns and the truth. He hates the colours yellow and brown and being touched. 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.
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Detalles
- Librería
- 100 POCKETS
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 018411
- Título
- THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME
- Autor
- Haddon, Mark
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Soft cover
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- None as Issued
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition, 22nd Printing
- Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- ISBN 10
- 0099450259
- ISBN 13
- 9780099450252
- Editorial
- Vintage Books/Random House
- Lugar de publicación
- New York, NY
- Fecha de publicación
- 2004
- Palabras clave
- Fiction/Mystery/England/Asperger's Syndrome
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