Saturday, May 12, 2012

MARK HADDON: THE TIES THAT BLIND

From We Love this Book


Mark Haddon's touching, highly observant latest novel highlights divided loyalties within families


Treachery for most people does not result in court cases, revenge, or murder – every day people feel betrayed in myriad tiny ways, and mostly it leads to passive aggression, disappointment or verbal conflict. And sometimes, even, it can yield a positive reality check.
This is the rich terrain of Mark Haddon’s moving new novel The Red House. Like his The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and A Spot of Bother, it revolves around familial strife. Unhappily married couple Dominic and Angela take their three children – young Benjy and older teens Alex and Daisy – to stay in a rural cottage with Angela’s brother Richard, his second wife Louisa and her manipulative teenage daughter Melissa. All have secrets…



No comments: