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Our Fathers: A Novel by the Author of The Missing
by O'Hagan, Andrew
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- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0151004943
- ISBN 13
- 9780151004942
- Seller
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Frederick, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Harcourt. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
Synopsis
Hugh Bawn was a modern hero, a dreamer, a Socialist, a man of the people who revolutionized Scotland's residential development after World War II. Now he lies dying on the eighteenth floor of one of the flats he built, flats that are being demolished along with the idealism he inherited from his mother. Hugh's final months are plagued by memory and loss, by bitter feelings about his family and the country that could not live up to the housing constructed for it. His grandson, Jamie, comes home to watch over his dying mentor and sees in the man and in the land that bred him his own fears. He tells the story of his family-a tale of pride and delusion, of nationality and strong drink, of Catholic faith and the end of the old Left. It is a tale of dark hearts and modern houses, of three men in search of Utopia. Andrew O'Hagan's story is a poignant and powerful reclamation of the past and a clear-sighted look at our relationship with personal and public history. Our Fathers announces the arrival of a major writer.
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- Bookseller
- Wonder Book
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- T07N-01063
- Title
- Our Fathers: A Novel by the Author of The Missing
- Author
- O'Hagan, Andrew
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Trade Cloth
- ISBN 10
- 0151004943
- ISBN 13
- 9780151004942
- Publisher
- Harcourt
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 1999-10-07
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