The curious incident of the dog in the night-time /
Despite his overwhelming fear of interacting with people, Christopher, a mathematically-gifted, autistic fifteen-year-old boy, decides to investigate the murder of a neighbor's dog and uncovers secret information about his mother.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, New York :
Vintage Contemporaries, Vintage Books, a division of Random House, Inc.,
2004.
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| Edition: | First Vintage Contemporaries edition. |
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| Online Access: | Publisher description Additional Information at Google Books http://libguides.madisoncollege.edu/content.php?pid=223201&sid=2362420 |
| Summary: | Despite his overwhelming fear of interacting with people, Christopher, a mathematically-gifted, autistic fifteen-year-old boy, decides to investigate the murder of a neighbor's dog and uncovers secret information about his mother. 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 detests the color yellow. This improbable story of Christopher's quest to investigate the suspicious death of a neighborhood dog makes for one of the most captivating, unusual, and widely heralded novels in recent years. |
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| Item Description: | The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture. |
| Physical Description: | 226 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Awards: | Whitbread Award, 2003 |
| ISBN: | 1400032717 9781400032716 9781101911617 1101911611 9780099450252 0099450259 |