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Mark haddon s writing demonstrates eerie percipience about the intricate web of knots that net families together. Already a wellknown journalist and bafta awardwinning television writer, it was his 2003 novel the curious incident of the dog in the nighttime which made him a household name. At the book s outset, about the only thing the pair have in common is that theyre both locked in rocky marriages. After his mother s death richard, a newly married hospital consultant, decides to build bridges in his family. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. Jul 16, 2012 in the red house, mark haddons new novel, richard, angelas successful and estranged brother, invites her family to mend fences after the death of their mother. Mark haddon was born on 28 october 1962 in northampton, england. In the red house, mark haddon tells the story of a fractured vacation through the quickly alternating viewpoints of a family in the english countryside.
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