'A Spot of Bother' by Mark Haddon
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'A Spot of Bother' by Mark Haddon
At 57 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, daughter, announces that she is getting remarried, to Ray. Her family are not pleased and 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 the wedding, which get in the way of her affair with one of her husband?s former colleagues. 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
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