A Spot of Bother [Paperback]

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. At sixty-one, George Hall is settling down to a comfortable retirement. When his tempestuous daughter, Katie, announces that she is getting married to the deeply inappropriate Ray, the Hall family is thrown into a tizzy. Unnoticed in the uproar, George discovers a sinister lesion on his hip, and quietly begins to lose his mind. As parents and children fall apart and come together, Haddon paints a disturbing yet amusing portrait of a dignified man trying to go insane politely.

AWashington PostBest Book of the Year

“A Spot of Bothersnaps, crackles and pops with humor and pathos. . . . Sparklingly written. . . . Haddon deftly pulls this off with what we can now hail as his trademark tenderness.” —Los Angeles Times

Totally brilliant. . . . Wondrously articulate....A Spot of Botherserves as a fine example of why novels exist.” —The New York Times Book Review

“Superbly entertaining.” —TheWashington Post Book World

“[Haddon’s] craftsmanship is dazzling, his sense of character profound, his kindness toward his creations that of a consummate caregiver. Humorous, occasionally heart-rending and always enthralling,A Spot of Botheris a wonder and a joy.” —Chicago Sun-Times

Mark Haddon is the author of the bestselling novels The Red House and A Spot of Bother, and the short story collectionThe Pier Falls and Other Stories. His novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time won the Whitbread Book of the Year Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for First Fiction and is the basis for the Tony Award–winning play. He is the authorl³+