Book Review - A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon

I've just finished reading this book and thought I'd share my thoughts on it with you.

This book is a bit odd but so funny. It centres around a recent retiree - George - who discovers a rash on his leg and thinks he has cancer (hence the title, a spot of bother). He doesn't believe the doctor when he says it is just eczema and his vivid imagination takes hold.
Throw in his family: a wife, who is having an affair; a daughter who has a son from a previous marriage and is about to get married a second time to someone entirely unsuitable; and a gay son and George's worries increase entirely out of proportion.
As George heads for a nervous breakdown, the story investigates the lives of the whole family as seen through their eyes.

Very funny, highly entertaining and highly recommended.