{"product_id":"a-spot-of-bother-paperback","title":"A Spot of Bother - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Haddon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Spot of Bother\u003c\/i\u003e is Mark Haddon's unforgettable follow-up to the internationally beloved bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time\u003c\/i\u003e. At sixty-one, George Hall is settling down to a comfortable retirement. When his tempestuous daughter, Katie, announces that she is getting married to the deeply inappropriate Ray, the Hall family is thrown into a tizzy. Unnoticed in the uproar, George discovers a sinister lesion on his hip, and quietly begins to lose his mind. As parents and children fall apart and come together, Haddon paints a disturbing yet amusing portrait of a dignified man trying to go insane politely. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA \u003ci\u003eWashington Post \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of the Year\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Haddon is the author of the bestselling novels \u003ci\u003eThe Red House \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e A Spot of Bother\u003c\/i\u003e, and the short story collection\u003ci\u003e The Pier Falls and Other Stories. \u003c\/i\u003eHis novel \u003ci\u003eThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time\u003c\/i\u003e won the Whitbread Book of the Year Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for First Fiction and is the basis for the Tony Award-winning play. He is the author of a collection of poetry, \u003ci\u003e The Talking Horse and the Sad Girl and the Village Under the Sea, \u003c\/i\u003ehas written and illustrated numerous children's books, and has won awards for both his radio dramas and his television screenplays. He teaches creative writing for the Arvon Foundation and lives in Oxford, England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.82 x 7.96 x 5.24 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 14, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754177691936,"sku":"9780307278869","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/227de4c19bd7cc87f60fc9f9a89eb0d6.webp?v=1780035094","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-spot-of-bother-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}