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A Spot of Bother: A Novel by Mark Haddon [in Bloomsbury Review]

Spot of BotherFrom the fabulous author of the marvelous A Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time comes an entertainingly dysfunctional family tale starring newly retired George Hall who is convinced he’s dying of cancer (that “spot of bother” on his hip), his adulterous wife Jean, their already-once-divorced daughter who’s about the marry another wrong man, and their gay son whose seemingly perfect existence seems to be falling apart.

Review: “TBR‘s Contributing Editors’ Favorite Reads of 2006: These Are a Few of My Favorite Things … in Print, That Is …,” The Bloomsbury Review, November/December 2006

Readers: Adult

Published: 2006

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