The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a murder mystery novel like no other. The detective, & narrator, is Christopher Boone. Christopher is fifteen & has Asperger's, a form of autism. He knows a very great deal about maths & very little about human beings. He loves lists, patterns & the truth. He hates the colours yellow & brown & 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. ...

Fifteen-year-old Christopher has a photographic memory. He understands maths. He understands science. What he can't understand are other human beings. When he finds his neighbour's dog lying dead on the lawn, he decides to track down the killer & write a murder mystery about it. But what other mysteries will he end up uncovering? ...

Christopher is 15 & lives in Swindon with his father. He has Asperger's Syndrome, a form of autism. He is obsessed with maths, science & 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 & 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 & the rest of his family.
...

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a murder mystery novel like no other. The detective, & narrator, is Christopher Boone. Christopher is fifteen & has Asperger's, a form of autism. He knows a very great deal about maths & very little about human beings. He loves lists, patterns & the truth. He hates the colours yellow & brown & 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. ...

' The dog was lying on the grass in the middle of the lawn in front of Mrs Shears' house. It looked as if it was running on its side, the way dogs run when they think they are chasing a cat in a dream. But the dog was not running or asleep. The dog was dead. There was a garden fork sticking out of the dog.' The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a murder mystery novel like no other. The detective, & narrator, is Christopher Boone. Christopher is fifteen & has Asperger's, a form of autism. He knows a very great deal about maths & very little about human beings. He loves lists, patterns & the truth. He hates the colours yellow & brown & 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. Christopher is a brilliant creation, & Mark Haddon's depiction of his world is deeply moving, very funny & utterly convincing. The novel is being published simultaneously for adults by Jonathan Cape & for children by David Fickling, publisher of Philip Pullman. We are convinced that both audiences will recognise it as one of those very rare books that change the way you see everything. ...

Christopher is 15 & lives in Swindon with his father. He has Asperger's Syndrome, a form of autism. He is obsessed with maths, science & 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 & 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 & the rest of his family.
...

Drawing on over 2, 000 years of writing & experiences from all over the world, The Curious World of Christmas covers every ...

Drawing on over 2, 000 years of writing & experiences from all over the world, The Curious World of Christmas covers every ...

This is the story of Aurora Ortiz, who lives in Madrid, & who, at the age of only thirty, has been widowed & needs to find a job. Although she is in no position to choose, she would ideally like to work as a caretaker in a quiet block of flats where she would just watch life pass by. Aurora's aspirations are simple & few, & with the help of her neighbour & friend Fany, who lends her a computer, she composes what she considers a suitable curriculum vitae & proceeds to tramp the streets of the city in search of work. With her vitality & freshness, her innocence, her unconventional intelligence & her relative lack of commercial ambition, Aurora Ortiz is a new type of heroine, one whose ethos & view of the world run contrary to most contemporary trends, she is a character who might have emerged from one of Pedro Almod-var's films. The means by which she comes to terms with the burden & pressures of modern life will strike chords with many of her own European generation. ...