| A Spot of Bother Contributor(s): Haddon, Mark (Author) |
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ISBN: 0307278867 ISBN-13: 9780307278869 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2007 Annotation: Four damaged people fall apart--and come together--as a family in Haddons hilarious and disturbing portrait of a dignified man trying to go insane politely in this unforgettable follow-up to the international bestseller "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime." |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Family Life - General - Fiction | Humorous - Black Humor |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 5.24" W x 7.96" (0.60 lbs) 368 pages |
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| Publisher Description: 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. A Washington Post Best Book of the Year |