Just an average family, but no family is really average I suppose. We have the father George who discovers a rash on his skin, is convinced he is dying of something worse and by the end of the book, well he has become quite unbalanced to say the least, but nothing that a few valium and a glass of whisky can put to rest.
A perfect son who has relationship problems with his other half, only the other half is also masculine and mother tries desparately not to let everyone know that her son is homosexual. At the same time the daughter is preparing to get married for the second time. Another problem, the family is not exactly convinced that she is marrying the right person, although he is a wonderful stepfather for the daughter's son. And then the daughter also starts having doubts that she is marrying the right man.
Oh and I forgot to mention that the mother, Jean, is having an affair with Donald who once worked in the same company as George her husband. So the scene is set and I would call it a sort of tragic-comical story. Mark Haddon once again shows his clever insight into the workings of the human mind and that nobody, absolutely nobody is really perfect or sane for that matter.
The book ends with the wedding, and what a wedding. If it was mine I don't think I would have taken it in such a cool way.
What I quite liked also about the book is that although it was 500 pages, it didn't drag and I think this was thanks to the fact that Mark Haddon made quite short chapters. It just kept you wondering what happens next.
A suitable follow up to the The Curious Incident of the Dog at Night Time, although this time no autismus was involved, just a delightfully so-called "normal" family.
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Just finished One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey and now reading A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon
A perfect son who has relationship problems with his other half, only the other half is also masculine and mother tries desparately not to let everyone know that her son is homosexual. At the same time the daughter is preparing to get married for the second time. Another problem, the family is not exactly convinced that she is marrying the right person, although he is a wonderful stepfather for the daughter's son. And then the daughter also starts having doubts that she is marrying the right man.
Oh and I forgot to mention that the mother, Jean, is having an affair with Donald who once worked in the same company as George her husband. So the scene is set and I would call it a sort of tragic-comical story. Mark Haddon once again shows his clever insight into the workings of the human mind and that nobody, absolutely nobody is really perfect or sane for that matter.
The book ends with the wedding, and what a wedding. If it was mine I don't think I would have taken it in such a cool way.
What I quite liked also about the book is that although it was 500 pages, it didn't drag and I think this was thanks to the fact that Mark Haddon made quite short chapters. It just kept you wondering what happens next.
A suitable follow up to the The Curious Incident of the Dog at Night Time, although this time no autismus was involved, just a delightfully so-called "normal" family.
My Multiply Blog - My Photos Just finished One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey and now reading A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon
