George Hall is an unobtrusive man. A little distant, perhaps, a little cautious, not at quite at ease with the emotional demands of fatherhood, or manly bonhomie. He does not understand the modern obsession with talking about everything. “The secret of contentment, George felt, lay in ignoring many things completely.” …
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George Hall is an unobtrusive man. A little distant, perhaps, a little cautious, not at quite at ease with the emotional demands of fatherhood, or manly bonhomie. He does not understand the modern obsession with talking about everything. “The secret of contentment, George felt, lay in ignoring many things completely.” Some things in life, however, cannot be ignored.
At 61, George is settling down to a comfortable retirement, building a shed in his garden, reading historical novels and listening to a bit of light jazz. Then his tempestuous daughter, Katie, announces that she is getting re-married, to the deeply inappropriate 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 wonderful way he has with her son Jacob, and her mother Jean is a bit put out by all the planning and arguing the wedding has occasioned, which get in the way of her quite fulfilling late-life affair with one of her husband’s ex-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.
The way these damaged people fall apart – and come together – as a family is the true subject of Haddon’s disturbing yet amusing portrait of a dignified man trying to go insane politely.
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. Here the madness – literally – of family life proves rich comic fodder for Haddon’s crackling prose and bittersweet insights into misdirected love.
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Brossura, 368 pagine
lingua English
Pubblicato da Anchor Canada.
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- 978-0-385-66244-4ISBN copiato!
- Numero OCLC:
- 174138467
A Spot of Bother
Copertina rigida, 594 pagine
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A spot of bother
354, pagine
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Pubblicato il 2007 da Vintage Contemporaries.
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- Numero OCLC:
- 163571823
Een akkefietje
382, pagine
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Pubblicato il 2006 da Contact.
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Une situation légèrement délicate
493, pagine
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Pubblicato il 2007 da Nil éditions.
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- 978-2-84111-347-7ISBN copiato!
- Numero OCLC:
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Kücük Bir Sikinti
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- 978-605-332-936-7ISBN copiato!
Un pequeño inconveniente
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A spot of bother
390, pagine
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Pubblicato il 2006 da Jonathan Cape.
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- 978-0-224-08046-0ISBN copiato!
- Numero OCLC:
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A spot of bother
390, pagine
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Pubblicato il 2006 da Jonathan Cape.
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- Numero OCLC:
- 70173224
A spot of bother
lingua English
Pubblicato il 2012 da Vintage Classic.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-09-956104-0ISBN copiato!
- Numero OCLC:
- 761379198
A Spot of Bother
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Un pequeño inconveniente
484, pagine
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Pubblicato il 2007 da Alfaguara.
- ISBN:
- 978-84-204-7211-9ISBN copiato!
- Numero OCLC:
- 173605107
A Spot of Bother
354, pagine
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Pubblicato il 2006 da Doubleday.
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