2006, ISBN: 9780679723356

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New York. 2006. Doubleday. Advacne Reading Copy. Very Good in Wrappers. 0385520514. 372 pages. paperback. . keywords: Literature America . FROM THE PUBLISHER - George Hall is an unobtrusi… mais…

New York. 2006. Doubleday. Advacne Reading Copy. Very Good in Wrappers. 0385520514. 372 pages. paperback. . keywords: Literature America . FROM THE PUBLISHER - George 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. At 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. Unnoticed in the uproar, George discovers a sinister lesion on his hip, and quietly begins to lose his mind. The 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. 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. Here the madness –literally - of family life proves rich comic fodder for Haddon's crackling prose and bittersweet insights into misdirected love. inventory #13958 ISBN: 0385520514., 0, Pantheon Books, 1989. American ed. Illustrated. Softcover. Very Good. 7x4x0. Signed by previous owner. A profile of the American photographer and shows examples of his portraits, still lifes, nudes, and abstracts., Pantheon Books, 1989, 3<

1989, ISBN: 9780679723356

Livro de bolso

Pantheon Books, 1989. American ed. Illustrated. Softcover. Very Good. 7x4x0. Signed by previous owner. A profile of the American photographer and shows examples of his portraits, still … mais…

Pantheon Books, 1989. American ed. Illustrated. Softcover. Very Good. 7x4x0. Signed by previous owner. A profile of the American photographer and shows examples of his portraits, still lifes, nudes, and abstracts., Pantheon Books, 1989, 3<

1989, ISBN: 9780679723356

Softcover, Gebraucht, guter Zustand, Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less., [PU: Pantheon Books]

1989, ISBN: 9780679723356

Softcover, Gebraucht, guter Zustand, Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less., [PU: Pantheon Books]

1989, ISBN: 9780679723356

Softcover, Gebraucht, guter Zustand, Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less., [PU: Pantheon Books]