The Red House

From the author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time comes a novel about families and secrets - now re-jacketed with a stunning new cover look From the author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time comes a novel about families and secrets Two 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.

About the Author :
Mark Haddon is a writer and artist. His bestselling novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2003) won seventeen literary prizes, was translated into 36 languages, and went on to become an award-winning stage adaptation by Simon Stephens. His most recent works of fiction include a novel, The Porpoise (2019), and a collection of fables and stories, Dogs and Monsters (2024).

Review :
Every bit as charmingly idiosyncratic as his brilliant The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time A hugely enjoyable, sympathetic novel...a tremendous pleasure...we have been absorbed, entertained and moved Mark Haddon is terrifyingly talented... The Red House is thoroughly engrossing and enjoyable entertainment Shockingly well-observed, gut-wrenchingly familiar and even heartbreaking at times A masterly evocation of two dysfunctional, yet outwardly respectable families With writing as elegant and truthful as this, readers will wish to keep their copies close at hand to savour again There are passages here to die for Haddon has a true understanding of the human heart. Whether he is writing about the teenagers...or the adults and their misjudgements, he never puts a foot wrong. The Red House shows that Haddon is much more than a one-hit wonder: he is a real novelist, and he is here to stay A bitingly honest tale of modern family life It’s not every writer who can describe everyday domestic trauma with wit and without condescension. It’s a lot of fun to watch these midlife and adolescent crises come to the boil. And what shines is Haddon’s flair for observational comedy