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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Faber & Faber Ltd
Publication date
March 1, 2001
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780571201068
ISBN-10
0571201067
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Great Britain
Original list price
$6.99
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The Missing | Autumn: A Novel | Be Near Me | The Illuminations
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: First Canadian publication of the powerful debut novel from the author of Be Near Me.
Finalist for the Man Booker Prize, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and the Whitbread Award
Hugh Bawn was a modern hero, a visionary urban planner, a man of the people who revolutionized Scotlandâs residential development after the Second World War. But times have changed. Now, as he lies dying in one of his own failed buildings, his grandson Jamie comes home to watch over him. The old manâs final months bring Jamie to see what is best and worst in the past that haunts them all, and he sees the fears of his own life unravel in the land that bred him.
It is Jamie who tells the story of his family, of three generations of pride and delusion, of nationality and strong drink, of Catholic faith and the end of political idealism. It is a tale of dark hearts and modern houses, of three men in search of Utopia. A poignant and powerful reclamation of the past, Our Fathers is a deeply felt, beautifully crafted, utterly unforgettable novel.
Finalist for the Man Booker Prize, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and the Whitbread Award
Hugh Bawn was a modern hero, a visionary urban planner, a man of the people who revolutionized Scotlandâs residential development after the Second World War. But times have changed. Now, as he lies dying in one of his own failed buildings, his grandson Jamie comes home to watch over him. The old manâs final months bring Jamie to see what is best and worst in the past that haunts them all, and he sees the fears of his own life unravel in the land that bred him.
It is Jamie who tells the story of his family, of three generations of pride and delusion, of nationality and strong drink, of Catholic faith and the end of political idealism. It is a tale of dark hearts and modern houses, of three men in search of Utopia. A poignant and powerful reclamation of the past, Our Fathers is a deeply felt, beautifully crafted, utterly unforgettable novel.
Editions
Hardcover
from Houghton Mifflin (October 1, 1999)
9780151004942 | details & prices | 289 pages | 5.50 × 8.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.10 lbs | List price $30.00
About: A novel of three generations of Scottish dreamers follows the lives of Hugh Bawn, a socialist reformer, and his grandson, Jamie, who comes to see his grandfather as a mentor as he embarks on his own struggle for social justice in post-war Scotland
About: A novel of three generations of Scottish dreamers follows the lives of Hugh Bawn, a socialist reformer, and his grandson, Jamie, who comes to see his grandfather as a mentor as he embarks on his own struggle for social justice in post-war Scotland
Paperback
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from Faber & Faber Ltd (March 1, 2001)
9780571201068 | details & prices | List price $6.99
About: First Canadian publication of the powerful debut novel from the author of Be Near Me.
About: First Canadian publication of the powerful debut novel from the author of Be Near Me.
from Mariner Books (January 1, 2001)
9780156012027 | details & prices | 5.25 × 8.00 × 1.25 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $22.95
About: A Booker Prize and Saltire Prize finalist, this novel of three generations of Scottish dreamers follows the lives of Hugh Bawn, a socialist reformer, and his grandson, Jamie, who comes to see his grandfather as a mentor as he embarks on his own struggle for social justice in post-war Scotland.
About: A Booker Prize and Saltire Prize finalist, this novel of three generations of Scottish dreamers follows the lives of Hugh Bawn, a socialist reformer, and his grandson, Jamie, who comes to see his grandfather as a mentor as he embarks on his own struggle for social justice in post-war Scotland.
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