Be Near Me (Paperback)

By Andrew O'Hagan
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Description


"Always trust a stranger," said David’s mother when he returned from Rome. "It’s the people you know who let you down."

Half a life later, David is Father Anderton, a Catholic priest with a small parish in Scotland. He befriends Mark and Lisa, rebellious local teenagers who live in a world he barely understands. Their company stirs memories of earlier happiness—his days at a Catholic school in Yorkshire, the student revolt in 1960s Oxford, and a choice he once made in the orange groves of Rome. But their friendship also ignites the suspicions and smoldering hatred of a town that resents strangers, and brings Father David to a reckoning with the gathered tensions of past and present.

In this masterfully written novel, Andrew O’Hagan explores the emotional and moral contradictions of religious life in a faithless age.

About the Author


Born in Glasgow, Andrew O'Hagan is the widely celebrated author of The Missing and Our Fathers, which was short-listed for the Booker Prize in 1999. He lives in London.

Praise for Be Near Me…


PRAISE FOR BE NEAR ME

 "[A] beautiful, astute novel. Grade: A-."—Entertainment Weekly 

"[O'Hagan is a] novelist of astonishingly assured gifts."—The New York Times Book Review

Product Details ISBN-10: 0156033968
ISBN-13: 9780156033961
Published: Mariner Books, 04/01/2008
Pages: 320
Language: English