Andrew O’Hagan’s poignant and powerful debut novel: a moving examination of memories and loss, set against Glasgow’s changing urban landscape
Andrew O'Hagan
Andrew O'Hagan is one of the most exciting and well-respected chroniclers of contemporary Britain
Following his two previous nominations - for Our Fathers (1999) and Be Near Me (2006) - his novel The Illuminations was longlisted for the Booker Prize 2015. He was voted one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists in 2003. He has won the Los Angeles Times Book Award and the E. M. Forster Award from the American Academy of Arts & Letters. Andrew O’Hagan lives in London.
All nominated books
Andrew O’Hagan’s tale of a priest in a strange land is a brilliantly moving story of art and politics, love and change, and the way we live now
Andrew O’Hagan’s novel is a rich story of war, homecoming and families, a confirmation of the idea that there is no such thing as an ordinary life
