• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

  • By: Mark Haddon
  • Narrated by: Jeff Woodman
  • Length: 6 hrs and 2 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (16,113 ratings)

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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

By: Mark Haddon
Narrated by: Jeff Woodman
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Publisher's summary

Fifteen-year-old Christopher Boone has Asperger's Syndrome, a condition similar to autism. He doesn't like to be touched or meet new people, he cannot make small talk, and he hates the colors brown and yellow. He is a math whiz with a very logical brain who loves solving puzzles that have definite answers.

One night, he observes that the neighbor's dog has been killed, since it is not moving and has a large garden fork stuck in its body. Christopher knows this is wrong. He has never left his street on his own before, but now he'll have to in order to find out who killed the dog. What he discovers will shake the very foundation of his perfectly ordered life.

Critically acclaimed author Mark Haddon, a two-time BAFTA winner, crafts a stunning masterpiece that is funny, honest, and incredibly moving.

©2003 Mark Haddon (P)2003 Recorded Books, LLC

Critic reviews

  • Alex Award Winner, 2004

"The novel brims with touching, ironic humor. The result is an eye-opening work in a unique and compelling literary voice." (Publishers Weekly)
"Fresh and inventive." (Booklist)
"Smart, honest and wrenching....Will quickly hook you in." (San Francisco Chronicle)
"Gloriously eccentric and wonderfully intelligent." (The Boston Globe)

Editorial Review

Mark Haddon’s engrossing and intensely human novel about an autistic boy investigating the murder of a neighbor’s dog remains one of my favorite feats of storytelling. And I consider myself especially fortunate to have experienced it for the first time in audio. Award-winning narrator Jeff Woodman masterfully captures Christopher’s youth, intelligence and disarming directness, employing a detached delivery that conveys his condition while hinting at a rich emotional life that lays just underneath. It’s a beautifully nuanced performance that’s authentic, effortless, and deeply affecting. —Reid., Audible Editor

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My favorite audio book so far!

I loved everything about this book! I listened from start to finish, the entire 6 hours, uninterrupted.

I know people with Autism and Asperger's Syndrome. The character of Christopher was so much like them that I felt I was actually able to peek in their minds and now everything about them makes sense to me.

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EXCELLENT PORTRAYAL OF AUTISTIC MINDSET

Excellent book (except all of the foul language). Great exposure to the artistic way of thinking . I believe I learned a lot , so that I am ankle to relate to a niece with autism. the narrator food a superb job of relating each character. I highly recommend this to learn about autism.

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Don't miss this book

After many people recommending this book although it's out of my normal genre, I read it. It was excellent don't miss it because its out of your comfort zone. Great in every way.

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Really great

The reading was easy to listen to and the story was easy to get absorbed in. Great combo.

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a beautiful mind

loved residing inside the mind of Christopher . . an amazing adventure
full of fresh observations of the everyday . . thank you for a lovely book

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Curiously enjoyable.

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I can't conceive of what Hollywood would make of this: no car chases, hard to throw in a racy love scene, only one death... It is however curiously entertaining despite having a lead character that tends toward pedantic descriptions of his thought processes and actions. I would give 3 1/2 stars overall if allowed.

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Brilliant!

I loved this book from start to finish. An excellent story read by the perfect narrator. Well worth your time.

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Splendid story

The authenticity of Christopher Bone's story is amazing! I was worried as to how this story would end; I liked the rhetoric ending. I heartily reccommend this book?

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A different perspective on autism

This book manages to weave together a family drama, a murder mystery and a pov experience into one simple story. Although the author never explicitly states that the narrator had Aspberger's is fairly obvious from his behaviour, thought pattern and I think it's also referenced via the parallels with Sherlock Holmes. It's a good book, the story moves along at a good clip and the performance softens the narrator in a positive way. I can imagine reading the book myself and picturing the young lad as much more robotic and one dimensional.

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Great perspective!

What made the experience of listening to The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time the most enjoyable?

This was a unique story from the perspective of the teenager with I believe, autism. Great to listen to his idiosyncracies and the frustrations of the parents trying to cope.

If you could take any character from The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time out to dinner, who would it be and why?

The son.

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