{"product_id":"a-spot-of-bother-by-mark-haddon-first-edition-first-printing-2006","title":"A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon [FIRST EDITION • FIRST PRINTING] 2006","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eU.S. FIRST EDITION • FIRST PRINTING [2006] DOUBLEDAY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover with dust jacket in excellent condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClean, beautiful copy; like new with minor shelf wear to jacket. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDJ ships in a new custom-fit jacket protector!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan id=\"freeText16593381858401463929\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT THE BOOK\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGeorge Hall is an unobtrusive man. A little distant, perhaps, a little cautious, not at quite at ease with the emotional demands of fatherhood, or manly bonhomie. He does not understand the modern obsession with talking about everything. “The secret of contentment, George felt, lay in ignoring many things completely.” Some things in life, however, cannot be ignored.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt 61, George is settling down to a comfortable retirement, building a shed in his garden, reading historical novels and listening to a bit of light jazz. Then his tempestuous daughter, Katie, announces that she is getting re-married, to the deeply inappropriate 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 wonderful way he has with her son Jacob, and her mother Jean is a bit put out by all the planning and arguing the wedding has occasioned, which get in the way of her quite fulfilling late-life affair with one of her husband’s ex-colleagues. And the tidy and pleasant life Jamie has created crumbles when he fails to invite his lover, Tony, to the dreaded nuptials.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUnnoticed in the uproar, George discovers a sinister lesion on his hip, and quietly begins to lose his mind. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe way these damaged people fall apart – and come together – as a family is the true subject of Haddon’s disturbing yet amusing portrait of a dignified man trying to go insane politely.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookshop Apocalypse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48347411611897,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/3103\/1574\/files\/aspotofbother-1.jpg?v=1777849624","url":"https:\/\/bookshopapocalypse.com\/products\/a-spot-of-bother-by-mark-haddon-first-edition-first-printing-2006","provider":"Bookshop Apocalypse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}