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From Publishers Weekly Recent retiree George Hall, convinced that his eczema is cancer, goes into a tailspin in Haddon's ( Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time ) laugh-out-loud slice of British domestic life. George, 61, is clearly channeling a host of other worries into the discoloration on his hip (the ''spot of bother''): daughter Katie, who has a toddler, Jacob, from her disastrous first-marriage to the horrid Graham, is about to marry the equally unlikable Ray; inattentive wife Jean is having an affair—with George's former co-worker, David Symmonds; and son Jamie doesn't think George is OK with Jamie's being queer. Haddon gets into their heads wonderfully, from Jean's waffling about her affair to Katie's being overwhelmed (by Jacob, and by her impending marriage) and Jamie's takes on men (and boyfriend Tony in particular, who wants to come to the wedding). Mild-mannered George, meanwhile, despairing over his health, slinks into a depression; his major coping strategies involve hiding behind furniture on all fours and lowing like a cow. It's an odd, slight plot—something like the movie Father of the Bride crossed with Poe's ''The Tell-Tale Heart'' (as skin rash)—but

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Author

Haddon, Mark

Publisher

Vintage Contemporaries

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9780307278869

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction, Humor

Rating

3.46 / 5 (998 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14