Be Near Me
by Andrew O'Hagan
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- Paperback
- Condition
- Used
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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.
Synopsis
"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 happinesshis 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.
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- Bookseller
- Petes Loved Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Product_522
- Title
- Be Near Me
- Author
- Andrew O'Hagan
- Format/Binding
- Booker finalist
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Date Published
- 2006
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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