Childhood

The Curious Incident of the Dof in the Night-Time

author: Mark Haddonshelved under: Fiction
date: 2003publisher: Randomhouse
content type: book
description: Fifteen-year-old Christopher has a photographic memory. He understands maths. He understands science. What he doesn't understand are other human beings. When he finds his neighbour's dog dead on the lawn, he decides to track down the killer and write murder mystery about it. But what other mysteries will he end up uncovering?

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Reading in the Dark

author: Seamus Deaneshelved under: Fiction
date: 1997 c.1996publisher: Vintage, Random House
content type: book
description: The extraordinary story of a haunted childhood growing up in the North of Ireland. Claustrophobic but lyrically charged, breathtakingly sad but unforgettable, Reading in the Dark is one of the finest books about growing up - in Ireland or anywhere - that has ever been written.

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