Sinopsis:
Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 271 p. Audience: juvenile. Young Adult. Summary: 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. Biography: Mark Haddon is an author, illustrator and screenwriter who has written fifteen books for children and won two BAFTAs. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time won seventeen literary prizes, including the Whitbread Award. Subject: Asperger's syndrome - Patients - Detective and mystery stories - Fiction ; Life skills & personal awareness, general studies - Social Issues / General. Genre: Detective and mystery stories. Novel. Young adult fiction.
Reseña del editor:
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.
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