Name: The red House
SKU: 47186161
Price: 499.00 TWD
Availability: InStock
Author: Mark Haddon
ISBN: 9780099570165

Type

Physical Book

Author

Mark Haddon

Publisher

Vintage

Synopsis "The red House "

From the author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time comes a novel about families and secretsTwo families. Seven days. One house. Angela and her brother Richard have spent twenty years avoiding each other. Now, after the death of their mother, they bring their families together for a holiday in a rented house on the Welsh border. Four adults and four children. Seven days of shared meals, log fires, card games and wet walks.But in the quiet and stillness of the valley, ghosts begin to rise up. The parents Richard thought he had. The parents Angela thought she had. Past and present lovers. Friends, enemies, victims, saviours. Once again Mark Haddon, author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and A Spot of Bother, has written a novel that is funny, poignant and deeply insightful about human lives.

Mark Haddon

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Mark Haddon (Northampton, United Kingdom, September 28, 1962) is a British writer and screenwriter, famous for his novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, which explores the mind of a teenager with autism. Haddon has also written A Spot of Bother and The Pier Falls. His work has been awarded prizes such as the Whitbread Book of the Year and the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize. In addition to novels, Haddon has worked on children’s literature and television scripts, standing out for his sensitivity and originality in addressing complex issues from a unique perspective.

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