Having survived a plane crash as a baby, the central character is raised in sheltered isolation by an overprotective father. A potential suitor sets out to find the rumoured beautiful woman kept hidden from the world. What follows is an...

Originally published: London: Jonathan Cape, Ltd., 2003. von Haddon, Mark

The Porpoise von Haddon, Mark

Mark Haddon is a writer and artist. His bestselling novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, was published simultaneously by Jonathan Cape and David Fickling in 2003. It won seventeen literary prizes, including the...

Mark Haddon is a writer and artist. His bestselling novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, was published simultaneously by Jonathan Cape and David Fickling in 2003. It won seventeen literary prizes, including the...

"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" ist ein faszinierender Roman von Mark Haddon, der aus der Sicht des 15-jährigen Autisten Christopher Boone erzählt wird. Als er den Mord an dem Hund seiner Nachbarin entdeckt,...

Boom!: Or 70,000 Light Years von Haddon, Mark

'The dog was lying on the grass in the middle of the lawn in front of Mrs Shears' house. It looked as if it was running on its side, the way dogs run when they think they are chasing a cat in a dream. But the dog was not running or...

Diesem Helden kann niemand widerstehen ... Christopher Boone ist fünfzehn Jahre, drei Monate und zwei Tage alt. Er kennt alle Länder und deren Hauptstädte sowie sämtliche Primzahlen bis 7507. Er liebt die Farbe Rot, sagt immer die...

'I really am so very, very sorry about this,' he says, in an oddly formal voice... They strike the side of a grain silo. They are travelling at seventy miles per hour.A newborn baby is the sole survivor of a terrifying plane crash.She is...

At fifty-seven, George is settling down to a comfortable retirement, building a shed in his garden, reading historical novels, listening to a bit of light jazz. Then Katie, his tempestuous daughter, announces that she is getting...

Mark Haddon is a writer and artist. His bestselling novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, was published simultaneously by Jonathan Cape and David Fickling in 2003. It won seventeen literary prizes, including the...