The Red House

From the bestselling author ofThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-TimeandA Spot of Bothercomes a superb book about family and secrets

Two families. Seven days. One house.

Angela and her brother Richard have spent twenty years avoiding each other. Now, after the death of their mother, they bring their families together for a holiday in a rented house on the Welsh border. Four adults and four children. Seven days of shared meals, log fires, card games and wet walks. But in the quiet and stillness of the valley, ghosts begin to rise up. The parents Richard thought he had. The parents Angela thought she had. Past and present lovers. Friends, enemies, victims, saviours.

Once again Mark Haddon, author ofThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-TimeandA Spot of Bother, has written a novel that is funny, poignant and deeply insightful about human lives.

Mark Haddon is an author, illustrator and screenwriter who has written fifteen books for children and won two BAFTAs. His bestselling novel,The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-timewon seventeen literary prizes, including the Whitbread Award. His poetry collection,The Talking Horse and the Sad Girl and the Village Under the Sea, was published by Picador in 2005, and his last novel,The Red House, was published by Jonathan Cape in 2012. His most recent title is short story collectionThe Pier Falls.He lives in Oxford.

From the author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time comes a superb new novel about families and secrets