Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Description: Originally published: London: Jonathan Cape, Ltd., 2003.

Review Quotes: " Gloriously eccentric and wonderfully intelligent." -- "The Boston Globe
"" Moving. . . . Think of The Sound and the Fury crossed with The Catcher in the Rye" "and one of Oliver Sacks' s real-life stories." -- Michiko Kakutani, "The New York Times
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" This is an amazing novel. An amazing book." -- "The Dallas Morning News
"" A superb achievement. He is a wise and bleakly funny writer with rare gifts of empathy." -- Ian McEwan, author of Atonement
" Brilliant. . . . Delightful. . . . Very moving, very plausible-- and very funny." -- Oliver Sacks
" Superb. . . . Bits of wisdom fairly leap off the page." -- "Newsday
"" Disorienting and reorienting the reader to devastating effect. . . . As suspenseful and harrowing as anything in Conan Doyle." -- Jay McInerney, "The New York Times Book Review
"" Extraordinarily moving, often blackly funny. . . . It is hard to think of anyone who would not be moved and delighted by this book." -- "Financial Times," London
" Both clever and observant." -- "The Washington Post"
" Full of whimsical surprises and tender humor." -- "People
"" [Haddon] illuminates a core of suffering through the narrowly focused insights of a boy who hasn' t the words to describe emotional pain." -- "New York" "Daily News
"" Outstanding. . . . A stunningly good read." -- "The Independent
"" Engrossing . . . flawlessly imagined and deeply affecting." -- "Time Out New York
"" A remarkable bookfrom a writer with very special talent." -- "Fort Worth Star-Telegram
"" The Curious Incident is the rare book that repays reading twice in quick succession." -- "Detroit Free Press
"" Heart-in-the-mouth stuff, terrifying and moving. Haddon is to be congratulated for imagining a new kind of hero." -- "The Daily Telegraph
"" This original and affecting novel is a triumph of empathy." - "The New Yorker"
" Haddon' s book illuminates the way one mind works so precisely, so humanely, that it reads like both an acutely observed case study and an artful exploration of a different ' mystery' the thoughts and feeling we share even with those very different from us." - "Entertainment Weekly"
" Mark Haddon' s portrayal of an emotionally disassociated mind is a superb achievement. He is a wise and bleakly funny writer with rare gifts of empathy." - Ian McEwan, author of "Atonement
"" A murder mystery, a road atlas, a postmodern canvas of modern sensory overload, a coming-of-age journal and lastly a really affecting look at the grainy inconsistency of parental and romantic love and its failures. . . . In this striking first novel, Mark Haddon is both clever and observant, and the effect is vastly affecting." - "The Washington Post
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" Haddon' s gentle humor reminds us that facts don' t add up to a life, that we understand ourselves only through metaphor." - "Chicago Tribune
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" Beautifully written. . . . Heart-in-the-mouth stuff, terrifying and moving. Haddon is to be congratulated forimagining a new kind of hero, for the humbling instruction this warm and often funny novel offers and for showing that the best lives are lived where difference is cherished." - "The Daily Telegraph"
" A detective story with a difference. . . . [Haddon] has given his unlikely hero a convincing voice- and the detective novel an interesting twist." - "The Economist
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" Think Huck Finn," "The Catcher in the Rye," "or the early chapters of David Copperfield." - "Houston Chronicle
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" A tale full of cheeky surprises and tender humor. . . . A touching evolution." - "Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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" Funny, sad and totally convincing." - "Time"
" More so than precursors like The Sound and the Fury" "and Flowers for Algernon," "The Curious Incident" "is a radical experiment in empathy." - "The Village Voice
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" One of the strangest and most convincing characters in recent fiction." - "Slate
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" I have never read anything quite like Mark Haddon' s funny and agonizingly honest book, or encountered a narrator more vivid and memorable. I advise you to buy two copies; you won' t want to lend yours out." - Arthur Golden, author of Memoirs of a Geisha"
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" At once funny and achingly sad, this thought-provoking debut may leave us wondering if our worn coping skills are really any better than Christopher' s." - "The News and Observer
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" Filled with humor and pain, [The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time] verges on profundity." - "San Jose Mercury News"
" The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time brims with imagination, empathy, and vision- plus it' s a lot of fun to read." " "- Myla Goldberg, author of Bee Season