Mark Haddon

For my book talk, I chose the novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon. Mark Haddon is an English author who was born on September 26th, 1962, and raised in Northampton, England. He attended Uppingham School and Merton College, majoring in English Literature. After college, he went on to aid and assist disabled people in Scotland. He had other jobs as well, such as a cartoonist, and made his own comic strip called Men-A User’s Guide. Mark then moved to Massachusetts with his wife, but didn’t stay long, for only a year later, they moved back to England. Haddon painted and sold his art for a little while, and then became a child author. He released his first book, Gilbert’s Gobstopper, in 1987, and then released a few others later on. Fast forward to some years later, and Haddon released his most well-known and best-sold novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. "Mark Haddon." FAMOUS AUTHORS. FAMOUS AUTHORS, n.d. Web. 13 Aug. 2016
The book, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, is about a
Some people disrespect, and even verbally abuse disabled people, but they don’t know how much they are actually worth. Everyone has a gift of some sort, and in the book, the main character definitely shows that. Christopher overcomes many things and even conquers a dangerous mission. He was very brave and did what he believed was best for him. My favorite passage is at the very end of the book in which Christopher closes by saying, “ And then I will get a First Class Honors degree and I will become a scientist. And I know I can do this because I went to London on my own, and because I solved the mystery of Who Killed Wellington? And I found my mother And I was brave and I wrote a book and that means I can do