de Mark Haddon
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de Jed Rubenfeld
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de Jonathan Safran Foer
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de Jeffrey Eugenides
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de Jhumpa Lahiri
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If the reader were to give a voice to Haddon's protagonist, it would sound just like Keating's. George is an introverted, mild-mannered 61-year-old newly retired Brit who wants to ignore the emotional undertow of his conventional, middle-class family. Without trying to act out the characters, Keating clearly delineates each: George's wife (who is having an affair), his daughter (who is about to embark on another disastrous marriage), her fiancé (whose cockney accent highlights class antagonisms) and his son (who fears bringing his male lover to the wedding). To avoid the family fracas, George focuses on his eczema-the "spot of bother" of the title-convinced that it is cancer and that he will die soon. Keating tries to establish a lighthearted tone, but Haddon's descriptions of the characters' misery, especially George's rapid descent into madness, are too graphic to be comical. Tone aside, Haddon writes well and Keating reads well, so many listeners will enjoy this contemporary British family portrait in which everyone will live relatively happily ever after-if only they can learn to communicate with one another. Simultaneous release with the Doubleday hardcover (Reviews, July 17).
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From AudioFile
Just when George Hall begins to enjoy retirement, his divorced daughter, Katie, announces her plans to wed a fellow whom he and his wife think is beneath her. Charles Keating playfully tackles this complicated story and delivers line after line with sarcasm, humor, and compassion. As the wedding plans progress, Keating conveys the emotional impact of George's wife's mid-life affair with his former business partner, his son's homosexual relationship, his daughter's inability to make up her mind about tying the knot, and his certainty that he's suffering with cancer--all while sustaining the comical quality of the story. B.J.P. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine
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