In an extraordinary novel of cumulative power and grace, Jon McGregor tells the story of many lives haunted by one family's loss
So Many Ways to Begin
Written by Jon McGregor
- Longlisted
- The Man Booker Prize 2006
- Published by Bloomsbury
Buy the book
Through one man’s unique story, Jon McGregor pays homage to ‘ordinary’ lives, and explores how chance constantly alters the course of events
David Carter cannot help but wish for more: that his wife Eleanor would be the sparkling girl he once found so irresistible; that his job as a museum curator could live up to the promise it once held; that his daughter’s arrival could have brought him closer to Eleanor. But a few careless words spoken by his mother’s friend have left David restless with the knowledge that his whole life has been constructed around a lie.
Jon McGregor
Jon McGregor, aged 26, became the Booker Prize’s youngest nominee when his first novel was longlisted. His second and fourth novels would also go on to be nominated
More about Jon McGregor Other nominated books by Jon McGregor
Jon McGregor’s spellbinding debut novel details a remarkable and horrific event, poignant only to those who saw it - whose lives it changes forever