The Red House: A Novel Audiobook

Quotes

• “Absorbing…Brilliant…Haddon wends a careful path in this novel between the effervescent comedy of quirky families and the bitter tragedy of dysfunctional ones.”

  — Washington Post

• “Haddon delivers a story of remarkable complexity, exploring the rich interior lives of his characters…Impressive.”

  — USA Today

• “Particularly fresh and true.”

  — O, The Oprah Magazine

• “A chaotic but truthful portrait of what family means in this narcissistic age: less a cohesive whole than a group of individuals bumping against each other with their own needs, disappointments and…victories.”

  — Seattle Times

• “In this absorbing, Virginia Woolf-esque novel…an extended family gathers for a week in the English countryside. Perfect (or not) for that holiday with the in-laws.”

  — People

• “The story unfolds from all eight characters’ points of view, a tricky strategy that pays off, letting Haddon dig convincingly into all of the failures, worries, and weaknesses that they can’t leave behind.”

  — Entertainment Weekly

• “Engaging…The quality of the writing allows us to know this extended clan, who are on a week’s holiday, better than they know each other.”

  — Independent (London)

• “The language of [The Red House] is wonderful—particular, vivid, attentive.”

  — Plain Dealer

• “Each of the characters acts as a splintered bit of mirror for the others, so that the reader sees them all from multiple perspectives…Satisfying and believable…Haddon writes with a gentle, compassionate sense of irony.”

  — Columbus Dispatch

• “Haddon peers inside the messy dynamics of a group of relatives, each grappling with their own fears and trying to make sense of themselves as a family…[The novel] braids together themes of sexual identity, parental insecurity, and sibling rivalry, and no one gets away unscathed.”

  — NPR

• “Haddon delights in winkling…social misfits out of their natural habitats and thrusting them into very English comedies of discombobulation and befuddlement.”

  — New York Times

• “[Haddon] writes like a dream. Never showy, but often lyrically descriptive, he takes the reader with him to the core of this crazy family…He has a true understanding of the human heart.”

  — Spectator (London)