Book Read: A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon

This is the second book by Mark Haddon the first of which was the well acclaimed Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night - a real insight into autism and still remains the only book I have ever read in one sitting - by the pool in Florida.

A spot of bother is written in the same style, easily read prose, real page turners. Although this story about a retired man having a mid-life crisis is incredibly entertaining, very funny as well as very sad I'm not sure I'd recommend it to anyone who has a history of depression!

It's about a man in his 60's who discovers a lesion on his thigh that he is positive is cancer despite being told its eczema - this is exacerbated by finding his wife having sex in his bedroom with an old colleague and his daughter marrying the wrong man!! Very funny, very sad as well as being incredibly well observed as regards the family set up.