Spot of Bother
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. At sixty-one, George Hall is settling down to a comfortable retirement. When his tempestuous daughter, Katie, announces that she is getting married to the deeply inappropriate Ray, the Hall family is thrown into a tizzy. Unnoticed in the uproar, George discovers a sinister lesion on his hip, and quietly begins to lose his mind. As parents and children fall apart and come together, Haddon paints a disturbing yet amusing portrait of a dignified man trying to go insane politely.
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A Spot of Bother invites the reader to live alongside George for a while. Recently retired, with whole days to fill and plenty of time to reflect on his life, George’s mind goes into hyperdrive. We see the world through his complex and erratic thought processes as he struggles with anxiety and panic attacks linked to the fears of growing old, family drama and the world he knows changing before him. I loved The Curious Incident so I was interested...read more
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