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The Red House
The Red House
Author: Mark Haddon
The set-up of Mark Haddon's brilliant new novel is simple: Richard, a wealthy doctor, invites his estranged sister Angela and her family to join his for a week at a vacation home in the English countryside. Richard has just re-married and inherited a willful stepdaughter in the process; Angela has a feckless husband and three children who so...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780385535779
ISBN-10: 0385535775
Publication Date: 6/12/2012
Pages: 272
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Publisher: Doubleday
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio CD
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The Red House requires a constant focus by the reader. It is the story of two estranged siblings who bring their families together for a week in an English country home. Each family brings its own set of resentments, grudges and secrets. It is sometimes unclear which of the family members is thinking/remembering, which is when the reader's focus on maintaining attention is essential. Mark Haddon writes well about the dynamics of these dysfunctional family units, both individually and collectively; however, they ultimately are not people worth the challenge of attempting to understand them.


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