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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: A Novel (Vintage Contemporaries)

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Fiction

by Mark Haddon

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4.20 (33.4K ratings)
calendar_today 2002
description 256 pages

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: A Novel by Mark Haddon holds a highly rated rating of 4.20 out of 5, based on 33.4K reader ratings. First published in 2002. The book spans 256 pages.

About The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: A Novel

This is Christopher's murder mystery story. There are no lies in this story because Christopher can't tell lies. Christopher does not like strangers or the colours yellow or brown or being touched. On the other hand, he knows all the countries in the world and their capital cities and every prime number up to 7507. When Christohper decides to find out who killed the neighbour's dog, his mystery story becomes more complicated than he could ever have predicted.

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Author Mark Haddon
Published 2002
Pages 256
Kindle Price $12.99
Genres Fiction
Average Rating 4.20 / 5.00
Total Ratings 33,442

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With a rating of 4.20, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: A Novel is rated near the global average of 4.17. Compared to its genre average of 4.47, it performs below the genre benchmark.

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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: A Novel is categorized as Fiction. Its primary genre classification is Fiction.

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Based on 33.4K reader ratings, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: A Novel has an average score of 4.20 out of 5.00, which is considered "Highly Rated."

How many pages is The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: A Novel?

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: A Novel has 256 pages.

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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: A Novel was written by Mark Haddon. It was first published in 2002.

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The ISBN-13 for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: A Novel is 9780099494027.

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