 First edition | |
| Author | Mark Haddon |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Paul Willoughby [1] |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre | novel |
| Publisher | Jonathan Cape |
Publication date | 2016 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 272 |
| ISBN | 0-22-409640-0 |
The Red House was published in 2012 by English author Mark Haddon, set in Herefordshire in 2010. [2]
Richard, a successful doctor attempts to reconcile his long-estranged sister Angela in the wake of the death of their mother. He invites her family to spend a week in the Herefordshire countryside near Hay-on-Wye in the Black Mountains. Richard has remarried Louisa and her wilful daughter Melissa; Angela has three children Max, Daisy and Benjy and her feckless husband Dominic. Over a week the two families mingle, falling out and making up with complex combinations in a holiday let in the eponymous Red House. The viewpoints of the eight family members are revealed as serious undercurrents appear from the past...
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