Five big ones!!!

Mark Haddon’s writing is triumphant and full of I-can-relate-to-that sparkling wit; psychologically deep in its genius; and hits unnervingly close to the bone. A seduction of words that you will not soon forget. I could barely stop turning the pages. Only when my eye-lids were so heavy they began shutting on their own did I close the book and fall asleep.

This is a story about the power of the mind and the complexity and unraveling of a family as told through their respective voices. This book is written in the language of the Queen’s British, and I am still flabbergasted at how true to life Haddon writes. Almost as if he himself has lived through each and every scenario, first hand.

Booyah to Mark Haddon for another great read!

354 pages

Doubleday
First edition 2006

Warning:

This story is powerfully realistic and graphic in sexual situations, as well as in gory ones that will make you cringe, albeit very few. So, if you are easily offended or live in a world of make believe where this-stuff-just-doesn’t-happen, forget about reading this book.

Haddon’s next book will be released on June 12, 2012