9780739342640
A Spot of Bother
Mark Haddon
ISBN 13: 9780739342640
Publisher: Random House
Publication Date: 2006
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"It's an odd, slight plot--something like the movie FATHER OF THE BRIDE crossed with Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" (as skin rash)--but it zips along, and Haddon subtly pulls it all together with sparkling asides and a genuine sympathy for his poor [characters]. No bother at all, this comic follow-up to Haddon's blockbuster...is great fun."
Publishers Weekly, 07/17/2006
Review:"Like Nick Park, the mastermind behind WALLACE & GROMIT, [Mark] Haddon trades in a cheerful, quirky, life-goes-on drabness that's particularly English. And totally brilliant."
David Kamp, New York Times Book Review, 09/17/2006
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Book Description: Random House Audio Assets, United States, 2006. CD-Audio. Book Condition: New. Unabridged. 152 x 127 mm. Brand New Book with Free Worldwide Delivery. George Hall is an unobtrusive man. A little distant, perhaps, a little cautious, not quite at ease with the emotional demands of fatherhood or of manly bonhomie. "The secret of contentment, George felt, lay in ignoring many things completely." Some things in life can't be ignored, however: his tempestuous daughter Katie's deeply inappropriate boyfriend Ray, for instance, or the sudden appearance of a red circular rash on his hip. At 57, George is settling down to a comfortable retirement, building a shed in his garden and enjoying the freedom to be alone when he wants. But then he runs into a spot of bother. That red circular rash on his hip: George convinces himself it's skin cancer. And the deeply inappropriate Ray? Katie announces he will become her second husband. The planning for these frowned-upon nuptials proves a great inconvenience to George's wife, Jean, who is carrying on a late-life affair with her husband's ex-colleague. The Halls do not approve of Ray, for vague reasons summed up by their son Jamie's observation that Ray has "strangler's hands." Jamie himself has his own problems -- his tidy and pleasant life comes apart when he fails to invite his lover, Tony, to Katie's wedding. And Katie, a woman whose ferocious temper once led to the maiming of a carjacker, can't decide if she loves Ray, or loves the wonderful way he has with her son Jacob. Unnoticed in the uproar, George quietly begins to go mad. The way these damaged people fall apart -- and come together -- as a family is the true subject of Haddon's hilarious and disturbing portrait of a dignified man trying to go insane politely. A Spot of Bother" "is Mark Haddon's unforgettable follow-up to the internationally beloved bestseller The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. Once again, Haddon proves a master of a story at once hilarious, poignant, dark, and profoundly human. Here the madness -- literally -- of family life proves rich comic fodder for Haddon's crackling prose and bittersweet insights into misdirected love. "From the Hardcover edition.". Bookseller Inventory # AAC9780739342640 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
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