A cause for concern. Haddon M.

For George Hall, the path to madness begins with one ordinary and completely unremarkable day: when he finds a suspicious spot on his skin.

In his fifty -seven, George has already retired and, it would seem, should wait for a calm and measured life. However, everything is not smooth: Katy’s rebel-daughter announces a wedding with Ray, a man who is absolutely not suitable for her, his wife is a romance with a former George’s colleague, and his son Jamie is a relationship with a man. The very confident that the stain on his leg is cancer, George discovers himself on the verge of death. With each extending day, he realizes more and more acute the futility and speed of being.

the fragile human psyche is gradually, and Mark Haddon with relaxed grace leads the reader deeper and deeper into the hero’s lost consciousness.