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The Curious Incident of the dog in the night time

By: Material type: TextLanguage: English New York Vintage Contemporaries 2003Edition: 1Description: 226 hlm. ilus. 18 cmISBN:
  • 1-4000-7783-4
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 823.
Summary: fifteen year old christopher is autistic and everyday interactions and admonishments have little meaning for him. He lives on patterns, rules, and a diagram kept in his pocket. Then one day, a neighbor's dog, wellington, is Killed and his carefully constructed universe is threatened. Christopher sets out to solve the murder in the style of his favorite detective, Sherlock Holmes. What follows makes for a novel that is deeply funny, poignant, and fascinating in its portrayal of a person whose course and blessing are a mind that perceives the world entirely literally.
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fifteen year old christopher is autistic and everyday interactions and admonishments have little meaning for him. He lives on patterns, rules, and a diagram kept in his pocket. Then one day, a neighbor's dog, wellington, is Killed and his carefully constructed universe is threatened. Christopher sets out to solve the murder in the style of his favorite detective, Sherlock Holmes. What follows makes for a novel that is deeply funny, poignant, and fascinating in its portrayal of a person whose course and blessing are a mind that perceives the world entirely literally.

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