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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Study Guide

by Mark Haddon

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time study guide contains a biography of Mark Haddon, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.

Christopher Boon, a mathematically gifted boy of fifteen with Asperger's syndrome, sees a dog lying on the grass in front of his neighbor’s house with a fork sticking out of it. The dog is dead. He goes over to hug the dog and soon the neighbor, Mrs Shears, emerges from her house, screaming. She thinks Christopher has killed the dog.

The police arrive and Christopher is taken to the station and, shortly after, his father arrives to testify for Christopher and take him home. The strange death of Wellington prompts Christopher to search for his killer. As a school assignment, Christopher’s class is told to write a story. Inspired by this, he decides to write a detective story, the very one we are reading: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the…

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