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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 way he cares for her son Jacob, and her mother Jean is a bit put out by the way the wedding planning gets in the way of her 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.
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A Spot of Bother, Mark Haddon
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- Released
- 2007
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- Title
- A Spot of Bother
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Mark Haddon
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Released
- 2007
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0099507439
- ISBN13
- 9780099507437
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Humor, Love, Family, Contemporary Fiction, Relationships, LGBTQ+, British Literature, Death, England, Great Britain, Parenthood, Marriage, Fear, Diseases, Family relationships, Everyday Life, Genealogy, Search, Present, Homosexuality, Weddings, Depression, Frauds, Cancer, Tumors, Divorce, Scandals and Affairs, Autism, Problems, Son, Single Parents, Mental Issues, Child Hero
- First published
- 2006
- Original title
- A Spot of Bother
- Rating
- 3.45 out of 5
- Description
- 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 way he cares for her son Jacob, and her mother Jean is a bit put out by the way the wedding planning gets in the way of her 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.