Christopher is 15 and lives in Swindon with his father. He has Asperger's Syndrome,a form of autism. He is obsessed with maths,science and Sherlock Holmes but finds it hard to understand other people. When he discovers a dead dog on a neighbour's lawn he decides to solve the mystery and write a detective thriller about it. As in all good detective stories,however,the more he unearths,the deeper the mystery gets - for both Christopher and the rest of his family.
Publisher: Random House Children's Publishers UKISBN: 9781849920414Weight: 210 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 18 mm
Mark Haddon
An author of children's and adult fiction as well as graphic novels and poetry,Mark Haddon is best-known for his bestselling 2003 novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time which won the Whitbread Book of the Year Award. His other work includes: The Red House,A Spot of Bother and The Pier Falls.
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