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About the Author

Author and screenwriter Mark Haddon was born in Northampton, U.K. in 1962. He received a B.A. in English from Merton College and a MSc in English Literature from Edinburgh University. Since 1996, he has worked on numerous television projects. He has won two BAFTAs and The Royal Television Society mostrar mais Best Children's Drama for Microsoap, which he created and wrote 12 out of 25 episodes. He also wrote the screenplay for the BBC television adaption of Fungus the Bogeyman. He has written fifteen children's books including the Agent Z series. In 1994, he was shortlisted for the Smarties Prize for The Real Porky Philips. He won the 2003 Whitbread Book of the Year Award for his novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, which provides a realistic insight into what it is like to have autism. He currently lives in Oxford with his family. He was runner-up for the BBC National Short Story Award with his title 'Bunny'. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos

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Obras por Mark Haddon

A Spot of Bother (2006) 5,745 exemplares
The Red House (2012) 1,231 exemplares
Boom! (2010) 506 exemplares
The Porpoise (2019) 390 exemplares
The Pier Falls: And Other Stories (2016) 321 exemplares
The Sea of Tranquillity (1737) 201 exemplares
Stop What You're Doing and Read This! (2011) — Editor — 157 exemplares
Ocean Star Express (2001) 51 exemplares
Agent Z and the Penguin from Mars (1995) 39 exemplares
Agent Z Meets the Masked Crusader (1993) 26 exemplares
Agent Z Goes Wild (1994) 24 exemplares
Footprints on the Moon (2009) 23 exemplares
Two Stories (2017) 22 exemplares
Agent Z and the Killer Bananas (2005) 19 exemplares
Real Porky Philips (1994) 10 exemplares
Swimming and Flying (2013) 8 exemplares
Titch Johnson (1994) 6 exemplares
Toni and the Tomato Soup (1989) 6 exemplares
In the Garden (1994) 5 exemplares
Polar Bears (2010) 4 exemplares
Family (2019) 4 exemplares
Gilbert's Gobstopper (1988) 4 exemplares
On Vacation (Baby Dinosaurs) (1994) — Autor — 3 exemplares
At Playgroup (1994) 3 exemplares
The Ice Bear’s Cave (2002) 3 exemplares
The Weir 2 exemplares
The Distance 1 exemplar
Secret Agent Handbook (1999) 1 exemplar
2004 1 exemplar
At Home (1994) 1 exemplar
At Home (Baby Dinosaurs) (1994) 1 exemplar
SOS Title Unknown 1 exemplar
Barrabum! (2010) 1 exemplar

Associated Works

Hornet Flight (2002)algumas edições2,693 exemplares
Granta 119: Britain (2012) — Contribuidor — 109 exemplares
Eight Ghosts: The English Heritage Book of New Ghost Stories (2017) — Contribuidor — 101 exemplares
Ox-Tales: Fire (2009) — Contribuidor — 80 exemplares
Granta 152: Still Life (2020) — Contribuidor — 37 exemplares

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My oldest kid suggested that I read this, that it would be a quick and strange read. He was right on both counts.

A middle-grade adventure with alien imposters. Supposedly reworked in 2007, but felt like a book from the 80s in terms of tired gender politics. Probably pretty engaging for kids of the right age?
 
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greeniezona | 34 outras críticas | Mar 10, 2024 |
The book opens with an exciting balance between the world of a child on spectrum and the magic of his imagination. We are then led through a grim world in which the adults around him are struggling to support him and are loaded down with their own problems. The main character goes on an adventure and somehow comes out of it with more content balance.

Given the style of the text and how it replicates a constant internal dialogue going through “what it might be like to be autistic”, it is amazing that the author also manages to keep his reader engaged. The presumption on this narrative voice is forgotten because of his poetry.… (mais)
 
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yates9 | 1,325 outras críticas | Feb 28, 2024 |
These stories by Mark Haddon are worlds in themselves. In each, it took me a few paragraphs to get orientated before finding myself immersed in a curious blend of intimacy and overview. This blend of perspective seems to be what links the stories. Other than that, the stories are entirely different. I would go as far saying almost from different literary genres. The intimacy comes from extremely personal perspectives (often at the point of death) that can't help but be moving or at least thought provoking. The overviews remind me of the way in which characters in Tom Tykwer's film film Run Lola Run are given rapidly unfolding fates - as if a series of camera snapshots. I could revisit each story but I'd just be looking for evidence to confirm these thoughts. Mark Haddon is a truly gifted writer. Thanks for sending me this Jim.… (mais)
 
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simonpockley | 15 outras críticas | Feb 25, 2024 |
I count this as one of the first "lit" books I ever read, mostly because I saw someone reading it and it sounded fascinating.

I should reread it sometime; I honestly don't remember that much about it. I know I really liked the math and the math references, and I know I found it a fascinating peek into someone else's mind.
 
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caedocyon | 1,325 outras críticas | Feb 23, 2024 |

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Membros
53,111
Popularidade
#285
Avaliação
3.8
Críticas
1,702
ISBN
431
Línguas
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