The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Hardback. 8vo. Pp. [vi], 272, [8 (blank)]. Black cloth boards, lettered in gilt to spine; burgundy endpapers. B/w in-text illustrations. Cover illustration by Chris Brown (priced £10.99 to front flap). The so-called "Adult" edition – no textual differences recorded – published simultaneously with the "Children's" edition by David Fickling Books, Oxford.

Signed by Author to title page. Excised title-page, biroed-in barcode, closed tear to lower d/w panel, else Very Good.

Winner of the 2003 Whitbread Book of the Year Award and the 2004 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book. Long-listed for the 2003 Booker Prize. Winner of The Guardian Children's Book Award. Additionally chosen by The Guardian in 2019 as No. 19 amongst "The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century". A 15-year old boy with Asperger's syndrome and a Sherlock Holmes fixation investigates the murder of his neighbour's poodle, for which he has been unjustly blamed. A stage adaptation by Simon Stephens for the National Theatre, won the Olivier Best Play Award in 2013 and the 2015 Tony Award for Best Play. "Exceptional by any standards... Both funny and deeply moving." –Sunday Telegraph