by Mark Haddon · Vintage · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099506928
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«A Spot of Bother» is Mark Haddon's novel of humour and family life, published by Vintage in paperback (512 pages, in English).
George Hall, about to retire, has his routine disrupted when his daughter Katie announces her wedding to Ray, of whom the family disapproves. Between his wife Jean's affair and his son Jamie's troubles, George discovers a hip injury and begins to lose his footing. A bittersweet comedy about a family that falls apart and comes back together.
Originally published in 2006, this Vintage edition appeared in 2007. The novel was nominated for the Costa Book Award in the novel category.
For readers of British humorous fiction and book clubs; from the same author as The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.
Mark Haddon is an English novelist, best known for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2003). He won the Whitbread Award, the Dolly Gray Children's Literature Award, the Guardian Prize, and a Commonwealth Writers' Prize for his work.
