Be Near Me

Andrew O'Hagan

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"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.

Book Details

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Publish Date: Apr 1st, 2008
Pages: 320
Language: English
Edition: undefined - undefined
Dimensions: 8.04in - 5.74in - 0.77in - 0.64lb
EAN: 9780156033961
Categories: • Psychological• Religious - General• LGBTQ+ - Gay

About the Author

O'Hagan, Andrew: -

ANDREW O'HAGAN was born in Glasgow, Scotland. His previous novels have been awarded the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and the E. M. Forster Award.

Praise for this book

PRAISE FOR BE NEAR ME

"What a powerful writer Andrew O'Hagan has become . . . Be Near Me is an elegy, a love story, a document of an era, beautifully imagined and composed."--JOYCE CAROL OATES

"As if it is not enough that Andrew O'Hagan can write like an angel, one has to add that he does it in the rare style of an intelligent angel. What a fine novel is Be Near Me."--NORMAN MAILER --