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The curious incident of the dog in the nighttime introduction. This novel is a murder mystery and a story of a boy at age fifteen. The curious incident of the dog in the nighttime by mark. Style of the curious incident of the dog in the nighttimefirstperson point of view the curious incident of the dog in the nighttimeis written from the firstperson point of view. It starts out as christopher is walking outside and finds a dead dog that he liked very much.
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