Haddon, Mark - The curious incident of the dog in the night-time

Written by Haddon, Mark. Themes include Asperger's syndrome, Patients, Fiction, Detective and mystery stories, Young adult fiction.

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.

Format: Paperback

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