The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

UK Edition

Mark Haddon’s novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time won the 2003 Whitbread Book of the Year Award and the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize Overall Best First Book. It tells the story of an autistic teen wrongly accused of impaling his neighbor’s poodle. The teen sets out to clear his name by using his Sherlock Holmes-ian deductive reasoning skills.

Here is a fun intersection of dogs, culture, design, and marketing to analyze: the cover art for various editions of the book from around the world. Believe it or not, this is by no means a comprehensive list. See more examples at Mark Haddon’s beautiful website. While you’re there, please, please please check out Dog TV. It’s completely mesmerizing!

US:

Sweden paperback:

Sweden:

Norway:

Denmark:

Holland:

Italy:

Spain:

Hungary:

Slovakia

Poland:

Estonia:

Lithuania:

Turkey:

Israel:

Thailand:

For those who find the US edition is their favorite, you might be interested in this wonderful poster sfgirlbybay is selling on her blog. It’s a British WW II public service poster reminding citizens how to deal. Classic!

Posters are $25, including shipping. Also available in a lovely chartreuse. Yet another excellent Christmas gift!