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  • Location: Hay on Wye, Wye Valley

The Red House

The Red House

Why a Booktrail?

2000s: Two families. Seven days. One house.

  • ISBN: 978-0099570165
  • Genre: Fiction

What you need to know before your trail

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.

Travel Guide

Wye Valley and the village of Hay on Wye

“They bring their families together for a holiday in a rented house on the Welsh border”

The house is somewhere close to Hay on Wye. Nothing more specific than that but to be fair, that’s all you need to start exploring this area. There is enough detail and nuance to feel the Welshness in the air and to appreciate the rolling Welsh landscape.

Plenty to explore, but if you see a red house, best avoid knocking on the door…

BookTrail Boarding Pass: The Red House

Destination/location: Hay on Wye , Wye Valley Author/guide: Mark Haddon Departure Time: 2025

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