A Spot of Bother
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George Hall doesn't 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 fifty-seven, George is settling down to a comfortable retirement, building a shed in his garden, reading historical novels, listening to a bit of light jazz. Then Katie, his tempestuous daughter, announces that she is getting remarried, to 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 former 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.
Christian Aid Book Week 2008
Christian Aid Book Week 2008
Wonderfully written with a beautiful eclectic mix of characters ! Very funny and entertaining read and I am sure everyone thinks their own family is just as crazy but then you find out with all their mistakes and annoying habits they are actually not so bad after all.
Journal Entry 3 by kinedi at The Tun Bar & Cafe in Edinburgh, Scotland United Kingdom on Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Released 15 yrs ago (9/10/2008 UTC) at The Tun Bar & Cafe in Edinburgh, Scotland United Kingdom
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Didn't make it past the first couple of dozen pages. Too psychic, too many people with problems. I liked "The curious incident ..." but not this one.
The book caught my attention at the meetup.. When kinedi told me that she enjoyed it I was convinced that I would like to read it as well..