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MARK HADDON - Spot of Bother, A

Title: Spot of Bother, A
Description: Vintage. Paperback. Pp: 503. - A PAINFUL, FUNNY, HUMANE NOVEL: BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN, ADDICTIVELY READABLE` THE TIMESAt 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 unpredictable 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. - WRY, WARM-HEARTED AND ENTERTAINING` DAILY TELEGRAPH - UNFORGETTABLE` DAILY EXPRESS - A WITTY AND SUBTLE FAMILY DRAMA` INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY. ISBN: 9780099507437. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

Keywords: 9780099507437

Price: EUR 6.00 = appr. US$ 6.52 Seller: De Slegte
- Book number: 206784

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