The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

Wondrous…brilliantly inventive…dazzling. Not simply the most original novel I’ve read in years - it’s also one of the best * The Times *Exceptional by any standards. Both funny and deeply moving * Sunday Telegraph *Outstanding. Heartening as well as richly entertaining. A stunningly good read * Independent *Superbly realised. A funny as well as a sad book. Brilliant * Guardian *A remarkable book. An impressive achievement and a rewarding read * Time Out *A magical book. It’s one of those books that makes you feel as though you have been on an emotional rollercoaster. * Carrie Grant, Sunday Express *Brilliantly empathetic. Believe the hype: a brilliant, heart-warming book * Scotsman *In telling a painful story in the voice of a 15-year-old boy with Asperger’s, Haddon broadens ordinary minds and helps to understand how they work, too. * Daily Telegraph *Mark Haddon’s portrayal of an emotionally dissociated mind is a superb achievement. He is a wise and bleakly funny writer with rare gifts of empathy – Ian McEwanI 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’ *

Mark Haddon is a writer and artist. His bestselling novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2003) won seventeen literary prizes, was translated into 36 languages, and went on to become an award-winning stage adaptation by Simon Stephens. His most recent works of fiction include a novel, The Porpoise (2019), and a collection of fables and stories, Dogs and Monsters (2024).