"A Spot of Bother" is a perfectly enjoyable book about the Halls, a typical middle-class British family, and all their neuroses, foibles, prejudices and the sensitivities of the parent-child relationship. In a way, it reminded me of The Corrections; however, it is far funnier and I found the characters far more likeable. This is not the best book I have ever read, but since it is the first Mark Haddon book I have read ("The Curious Incident..." has seem to have gone curiously missing in our house), I'd like to read more.