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Informationen zum Autor Mark Haddon is a writer and artist. His bestselling novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2003) won seventeen literary prizes, was translated into 36 languages, and went on to become an award-winning stage adaptation by Simon Stephens. His most recent works of fiction include a novel, The Porpoise (2019), and a collection of fables and stories, Dogs and Monsters (2024). Klappentext 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. "* 'Haddon's book is a peculiar thing - a kind of James Joyce for kids - but a genre-busting gem, nevertheless' - The Observer * 'Engaging, warm, humorous and poignant at the same time' - The Scotsman * 'This book is amazing... A must read' - Martina Evans, Irish Post * 'Mark Haddon's portrayal of an emotionally dissociated mind is a superb achievement. He is a wise and bleakly funny writer with rare gifts of empathy' Ian McEwan" Zusammenfassung Christopher is 15 and lives in Swindon with his father. 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.
