Andrew O'Hagan

(Born 1968 -) - Irvine, Ayrshire

Andrew O'Hagan

Andrew O'Hagan was born in Glasgow but raised in the Scottish New Town of Irvine. He studied English at the University of Strathclyde. His first book, The Missing is a genre-crossing mix of autobiography, social history, and mystery, investigating how people can disappear without a trace. His first novel, Our Fathers, followed in 1999, and was shortlisted for both the Booker and Whitbread awards.

O'Hagan is now a contributing editor for the London Review of Books, and Granta Magazine. He also writes for various national newspapers and is a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF. His latest novel, Be Near Me, was launched at the 2006 Edinburgh International Book Festival.

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    Be Near Me - Hardback
    In a small Scottish parish, an English priest is stalked by the fear of scandal, class hatred and lost ideals. As he looks back on his childhood, Father David begins to reconsider the central events of his life, and to see what may have happened to the political hopes of his generation.
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    This book - part autobiography, part inquiry into mystery, part social history - tries to find out how people can disappear without a trace, and looks at the impact these disappearances can have on communities.
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    A Night Out With Robert Burns: The Greatest Poems - Hardback
    The Scottish poet Robert Burns has been idolised and eulogised. He has been sainted, painted, tarted up and toasted. In this text, Scottish essayist Andrew O'Hagan presents a collection of the poet's work.
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    Andrew O'Hagan's debut novel addresses the collision of the old Scotland of municipal socialism with the new, as perceived by a grandfather who was an ambitious, but misguided social improver.
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    From the author of 'Our Fathers' comes an astonishing, compelling and heartbreaking story of childhood fame and small town dreams.

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