The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Mark Haddon

...and we have just lined the spare room with 16 bookshelves that are now filled with everything from Encyclopaedias to DIY books, and from Enid Blyton to Tom Sharpe. She recommends books to me but being an impatient man, I get bored if nothing happens in the first chapter, and give up. Just to stop her whining, I decided to give her most recent read a try, and was surprised by what I found… Written by Mark Haddon, The Curious Incident of The Dog in ...
...The ‘detective’ and narrator of the book is fifteen year old Christopher Boone, who lives in Swindon. Christopher has Asperger’s Syndrome, which is similar to Autism, and this book follows significant events in his life, which lead to him making some vital discoveries in his, and his family and friends’ lives. This role has obviously been painstakingly researched to a great extent by Mark Haddon, (including gaining copyrights from several places), ...

Sexgodstud 07.07.2004 (30.07.2004) · Read full review
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Destined to be one of the most reviewed books online, I did query the merits of posting yet another to add to the pile. The thing is, this particular book represents a rather seminal few weeks for me. It was during this time that I and my 8-year-old, dyslexic son laughed and cried, celebrated and sighed on the rollercoaster ride that is “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time”. Christopher John Francis Boone has Asperger’s Syndrome. He ...
...by special arrangement courtesy of the Reverend Peters. Despite his learning difficulty, Christopher Boone is ahead of years in the field of mathematics reflecting the calculating syntax/logic of his unconventional brain. “It was 7 minutes after midnight. The dog was lying on the grass in the middle of the lawn in front of Mrs Shears’ house….The dog was dead. There was a garden fork sticking out of the dog.” So the story begins as Christopher begins ...

Marandina 03.07.2004 (19.07.2004) · Read full review
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The book that’s had everyone talking this last year is most definitely The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-time. Why? Well, above everything else it’s different. It’s insightful. It’s passionate. It’s simple. Sometimes you read a complicated book that dumfounds you. You just fall in love with it, with its all complicated bits, with all its difficult parts. You can feel the same way, sometimes, with a simple ...
...I’d been meaning to read The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-time for a long while. I first read a review of it back in October and instantly decided I loved the idea of it. I never got round to buying it then, but when the paperback came out I immediately added it to my Amazon basket. I usually tend to wait until my Amazon order is £25 or over so I can have free delivery, but I was desperate to read it. On a recent shopping trip to ...

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...to prise myself away from the PlayStation for just long enough to start reading The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time. Unquestionably a strange name for a book; though the story is equally, if not more, unique than its title. Christopher Boone is fifteen years-old, and has Asperger’s, which is a form of autism. He narrates The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time (TCIOTDITN) for its entirety, and begins ‘his book’ ...
...as hinted at by the garden fork sticking out of its body. Being a fan of Sherlock Holmes, Christopher decides to play detective and investigate – hence the lengthy title of the novel. The murder mystery plays very much a secondary role from here on in however as Christopher proceeds to reveal more about his unique way of thinking and the unusual-yet-logical ways in which he tackles mini-dilemmas. Christopher’s complex relationships with ...

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...pleasantly surprised. ===Boring==== Title: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time Author: Mark Haddon Publisher: Random House Children's Books ISBN: 0-09-945676-1 Price: £6.99 ===Plot=== Christopher John Francis Boone is a fifteen year old boy who can tell you all the countries in the world and their capital cities, a boy who can tell you all the prime numbers up to 7,507. Sounds like a genius, yes? Well, no, because Christopher ...
...an autistic spectrum disorder. So the whole book is from his perspective. As the title of the book shows the book is based, particularly at the beginning, on the murder mystery of a dog named Wellington who has been murdered and Christopher is trying to work out who committed said 'murder'. However as the book goes on the author is less concerned with the dog being killed than with how Christopher lives out his day to day life in a world where no ...

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...called "The Curious Incident of the Dog in The Night-Time" - which is a very long title. PJE told me that it was something Sherlock Holmes said in a story called Silver Blaze† and that the curious thing was that the dog didn't do anything in the night-time, but I don't think that makes sense. My name is Ludo. I do not have Asperger's Syndrome, or anything like that, I am just pretending - like the person who wrote this book. He says his name is ...
...it is really true. The writer says that this book is a murder mystery, but it's not. Not really. My dictionary says that murder is "the act of putting a person to death" - but there are no dead people in this book. Not that I would notice: I don't see dead people. I saw a film about a boy who does though - one night when I should have been in bed. I asked PJE if they would make a film of this book too, and whether that boy would play Christopher. ...

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...begins. You will notice the obvious quirk ~ the chapters are numbered using only prime numbers. This is because of the most unusual character of the narrator, Christopher Boone. The cover blurb informs us he has Asperger's Syndrome, but the book never tells us this. The book instead uses brilliant use of confession and personal detail to let us know instead what this means for Christopher. He hates being touched, even by his parents. He hates brown ...
...of a night~owl, Christopher finds the dog belonging across the road, a large poodle, dead on its family's lawn, with a garden fork through its side. Approaching the pooch he decides to give it a hug, only to find the animal's owner, Mrs Shears, screeching out of her house, shouting obscenities at him. Christopher's response to this is to bury his head in the sand, as far as he can. He is still hunched up with a dew~covered forehead when a policeman ...

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...a load of books from the library. I love reading and for me it is an escape from the grim details of reality. All the assistants know me well and being aware of my disabilities one asked me if I would like to join the local reading discussion group. My initial reply was going to be "No, thanks" as I don't like meeting strangers but from somewhere deep inside me a little voice said, " Go on, do it". This month's book was "The Curious Incident of the ...
...to it as "Cur", pardon the pun. I had no intention of reviewing it as it has been reviewed many times before but I started discussing it with Saraha007 other wise known as Sarah who has the condition of the main character in the story, Aspergers Syndrome. I decided I would review it in a completely different way and I have Sarah's permission to use her name and a little of what we discussed. I will be giving a fair amount of the plot away but this ...

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...it is a hardback book. The book itself is plain black and the dust jacket is brown with feint lines on it which look the same as wrapping paper. On the cover is a picture of a dog with a fork stuck in it. A Garden Fork. The letters of the title are one inch high and are in BLOCK CAPITALS. The book has 272 pages. Now before you all go and rate me UH for describing the ‘packaging’ of a book to you, please read on. “The Curious Incident of the Dog ...
...Asperger’s named Christopher Boone. The author is Mark Haddon and he has written fifteen books for children in total. This book was only published in 2003 and was the Whitbread Book of the Year. And deservedly so. As you read this book you could be forgiven for thinking that it was in fact a true story, a real narrative, or a view of the world from a young boy with Asperger’s. But it’s not. It is actually a work of fiction. However Mark Haddon is ...

helencbradshaw 11.02.2004 (20.02.2004) · Read full review
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...a garden fork? This is the question Christopher Boone asks himself as he cradles the still warm body of Wellington the poodle in his arms. Unfortunately before Christopher can ponder this question fully Mrs Shears happens upon him holding the dog and has him arrested as the prime suspect. After a night in the cells and a warning for punching a policeman, Christopher is cleared in any wrong doing relating to Wellingtons death. He decides however to ...
...fathers and several neighbours advice. The search will not be an easy task with Christopher scared of people and new places, but when Christopher decides he will do something there seems little that anyone can do to stop him. Christopher Boone is fifteen years, three months and two days old and suffers from Aspergers Syndrome - a type of autism - and he likes, nay needs order in his life. It is Christopher’s dream to be an astronaut when he grows ...

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...These are all put in the Staff rest room and this is where I found this one. I knew little about this book or the subject matter so I thought it was time I broaden my horizons. ===About the author:=== Mark Haddon was born in Northampton in 1962. In his short writing career he has already produced 15 novels. He has mainly written children’s books for which he has received many awards including two Bafta’s. Mark is a man of many talents as in addition ...
...and illustrator. ===Synopsis of the book:=== Christopher Boone is a fifteen-year-old boy with Asperger’s syndrome. This for those who do not know is a form of autism, which often makes a persons social and communication skills limited. He is very clever with facts and figures but dislikes things he doesn’t know or recognise. He is brilliant at Maths and is studying to take his A level, something that is unheard of at his Special Needs School. ...

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...by a colleague, who read the whole book in an entire day. The subject matter is very close to our hearts, due to the type of work we both do. I work with children with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties, some of which have ADHD, Asperger’s syndrome (AS) and Autism (ASD), among others. So I come across children like Christopher, the lead character, on a regular basis. The story is set in Swindon, and follows the adventures of Christopher ...
...exhibit’s all three. The story is told from Christopher’s perspective and is written in the first person. The prose is easy to read and written in a child like language, simple, straight to the point and hugely effective. Incidentally, the author, Mark Haddon is not on the autistic spectrum himself, which he is sometimes quoted as being. He has written other books for children such as The Ice Bear’s cave and Toni and the Tomato Soup. The book is ...

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...£10.99, (when we bought it) the Whitbread book of the year, published in 2003. The author is Mark Haddon. Published by Jonathon Cape, ISBN: 0224063782. The book comes in a childs and adults version, I think I had the adult version because of a few four letter words in it. There is a cheaper soft back version also now. Mark Haddon has written fifteen books for children altogether. This book continues to dominate the best sellers. The book is a fictional ...
...autism known as Aspergers. In the book his special school teacher, Siobhan, knows his strengths and weaknesses. It is she who throughout is helping him construct this book, and she who he trusts. He knows he will do well in A level maths and she does too and will help him to take the exam, extraordinary for the school. Christopher will discover a dog, killed by a garden fork, in a neighbour’s garden. He will try to unravel the mystery. In doing ...

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...glowing praise and after all, the subject matter was of interest to me. The ‘hero’ of the book is Christopher, a fifteen year old who has Asperger’s Syndrome. As a mother of a twelve year old boy with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and an eight year old daughter with Oppositional Defiance Disorder, I am aware of Asperger’s – actually, my cousin’s son has that himself. These are all in the same spectrum, with common similarities between ...
...this review more suitable for the Ciao Café, but the ones that relate to reading books (and therefore are in keeping with this review!) are that I have to read EVERY page of a book (this includes year of publishing, acknowledgements, footnotes, etc.) and can’t skim a word. I keep a list of all the books I have read and have done so for over twenty years. I also obsessively check the page numbers follow on, to make sure I don’t miss anything. So ...

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...many, if I put all the titles of reviews that have impressed me on my must-read list and actually read the books, I´d have to hand in my resignation and read day and night. Besides, I always find something to read from other sources of information, there is no shortage of reading matter in this household. Why then did I order The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time after reading reviews on the net? I think it was the oddity of the main ...
...in current fiction knows that the main character is the 15-year-old boy Christopher Boone suffering from Asperger Syndrome. From the net: ´ People with AS have normal intelligence and language development, but exhibit autistic-like behaviours and marked deficiencies in social and communication skills, they have difficulties with changes and prefer sameness. They often have obsessive routines and may be preoccupied with a particular subject of interest, ...

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