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A Spot Of Bother

by Mark Haddon
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A Spot Of Bother
A Spot Of Bother

Comically poignant tale of midlife and family chaos.

If you're looking for something that combines wit with depth, "A Spot of Bother" might just be the book you need. Mark Haddon skillfully mixes humor with the struggles of a family dynamic, creating a story that's both entertaining and thought-provoking. It's a novel that many find relatable, as it touches on the universal themes of aging, love, and the messiness of life.

  • Costa Book Award Nominee for Novel (2006)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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ISBN: 9780099506928
Authors: Mark Haddon
Publisher: Vintage
Date of Publication: 2007-06-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Contemporary
Goodreads rating: 3.5
(rated by 37690 readers)

Description

George Hall doesn't understand the modern obsession with talking about everything. "The secret of contentment, George felt, lay in ignoring many things completely." Some things in life, however, cannot be ignored. At fifty-seven, George is settling down to a comfortable retirement, building a shed in his garden, reading historical novels, listening to a bit of light jazz. Then Katie, his tempestuous daughter, announces that she is getting remarried, to Ray. Her family is not pleased - as her brother Jamie observes, Ray has "strangler's hands". Katie can't decide if she loves Ray, or loves the wonderful way he has with her son Jacob, and her mother Jean is a bit put out by all the planning and arguing the wedding has occasioned, which gets in the way of her quite fulfilling late-life affair with one of her husband's former colleagues. And the tidy and pleasant life Jamie has created crumbles when he fails to invite his lover, Tony, to the dreaded nuptials. Unnoticed in the uproar, George discovers a sinister lesion on his hip, and quietly begins to lose his mind. The way these damaged people fall apart - and come together - as a family is the true subject of Mark Haddon's disturbing yet very funny portrait of a dignified man trying to go insane politely.
 

Comically poignant tale of midlife and family chaos.

If you're looking for something that combines wit with depth, "A Spot of Bother" might just be the book you need. Mark Haddon skillfully mixes humor with the struggles of a family dynamic, creating a story that's both entertaining and thought-provoking. It's a novel that many find relatable, as it touches on the universal themes of aging, love, and the messiness of life.

  • Costa Book Award Nominee for Novel (2006)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.