Mark Haddon is known for his book, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. In A Spot of Bother, George Hall, the patriarch of a middle-class British family, is slowly becoming obsessed with his mortality. His family is too wrapped up in their own problems to notice that George occasionally has "a spot of bother." Bumping up against his unfaithful wife, his divorcee daughter and his uneasily gay son makes for poignant and funny moments. When daughter Katie announces she is marrying her boyfriend, it looks like the family could be united in disliking "that Ray," but the ensuing wedding plans instead splinter them further. Part drama, part farce, this book gives a light touch to serious problems.--Jenny H.
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