Monday, November 05, 2007

A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon


I remember really enjoying The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night (same author for those who don't know), so I was expecting much the same here. And I wasn't disappointed. Funny, disturbing, funnily disturbing and disturbingly funny, sometimes all at the same time. It's great.
George has just retired. He thinks he might have cancer and as if the stress of that isn't enough, his daughter is getting married (again), his son is going to bring his boyfriend to the wedding (what will everyone think?), his wife is having an affair (with a former colleague) and to cap it all, he is having a nervous breakdown of his own.

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