THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME.
London: Jonathan Cape, [2003]. Octavo. Black cloth, gilt spine. 272 pp. Fine, in fine dust jacket with the "Shortlisted for the 2003 Whitbread Novel Award," label, which the novel won, affixed to front panel. This is the edition published for an adult audience.
First edition. A murder mystery whose detective, and narrator, is fifteen-year-old Christopher Boone. Christopher has Asperger's Syndrome, a form of autism that presents in his knowing a great deal about math but little about human beings. Christopher's journey that takes him out of his comfort zone begins when he finds a neighbor's dog murdered with a garden fork sticking out of its side. Fine / fine. Item #464
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