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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time
by Mark Haddon
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape, 2003. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 9" by 6". None. A fine, first edition copy of the critically acclaimed novel 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time'. With original unclipped dustwrapper. This novel won the Whitbread Book Awards for Best Novel and Book of the Year as well as the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Fiction Book and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. This work was published simultaneously in separate editions for children and adults. This is the adult edition. Told in the first person perspective by Christopher John Francis Boone, a fifteen year old boy who describes himself as 'a mathematician with some behavioural difficulties'. It is a mystery novel, following Christopher's discovery of his neighbour's dead dog. Subsequently, this popular novel has become a successful stage show. In the publisher's original cloth binding. With unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, excellent with minor shelfwear. Dustwrapper is unclipped. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine
Synopsis
Wondrous-Brilliantly inventive, full of dazzling set pieces- Not simply the most original novel I've read in years-it's also one of the best' The TimesThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a murder mystery novel like no other. The detective, and narrator, is Christopher Boone. Christopher is fifteen and has Asperger's, a form of autism. He knows a very great deal about maths and very little about human beings. He loves lists, patterns and the truth. He hates the colours yellow and brown and 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.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 741L12
- Title
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time
- Author
- Mark Haddon
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2003
- Size
- 9" by 6"
- Keywords
- Children's Fiction Novel Whitbread Prize Novel
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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