{"product_id":"be-near-me-paperback","title":"Be Near Me - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrew O'Hagan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Always trust a stranger,\" said David's mother when he returned from Rome. \"It's the people you know who let you down.\" \u003c\/p\u003eHalf 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.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLong-listed for the Man Booker Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"O'Hagan tackles a highly charged subject with exceptional intelligence and subtlety.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Always trust a stranger,\" said David s mother when he returned from Rome. \"It s the people you know who let you down.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHalf 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Harrowing and beautiful and worth every word.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Plain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e (Cleveland)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[A] beautiful, astute novel.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eANDREW O'HAGAN \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Glasgow in 1968. \u003ci\u003eBe Near Me \u003c\/i\u003eis his third novel. His second novel, \u003ci\u003ePersonality, \u003c\/i\u003ereceived the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the E. M. Forster Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He lives in London and is a regular contributor to the \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.77 x 8.04 x 5.74 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 14, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762743214368,"sku":"9780156033961","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ed9a64d9d3952f37cde3f976352f7cf7.webp?v=1780224915","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/be-near-me-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}