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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a 2003 mystery novel by British writer Mark Haddon.Its title refers to an observation by the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes (created by Arthur Conan Doyle) in the 1892 short story "The Adventure of Silver Blaze".
The title of Mark Haddon's award-winning novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is taken from a remark made by Sherlock Holmes in "Silver Blaze". [24] The protagonist of this novel, Christopher John Francis Boone, mentions Sherlock Holmes several times. [25]
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a play by Simon Stephens based on the novel of the same name by Mark Haddon.During its premiere run, the play tied the record for winning the most Olivier Awards (seven), including Best New Play at the 2013 ceremony (this record was surpassed by Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in 2017 with nine wins).
Mark Haddon (born 26 September 1962) is an English novelist, best known for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2003). He won the Whitbread Award, the Dolly Gray Children's Literature Award, the Guardian Prize, and a Commonwealth Writers' Prize for his work.
In a famous Arthur Conan Doyle story, "The Adventure of Silver Blaze," Sherlock Holmes draws the attention of Scotland Yard's Inspector Gregory to the "curious incident of the dog in the night ...
The Pier Falls is the first short story collection by Mark Haddon published in 2016 and contains nine stories generally disturbing and dark. Mark Haddon is best known for his prize-winning first novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.
The story begins when the unborn baby's mother is killed when a light-aircraft crashes, triggering her birth. Born into "part of a global aristocracy" since Hellenistic times, her father Philippe treats his daughter Angelica as a sexual plaything. An art dealer Darius opens her eyes on her dependency on her father.
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