The theme of this Scottish Catholic novel is the collision of the old Scotland of municipal socialism and the new. That collision is dramatized in the story of the narrator's grandfather, an ambitious but misguided social improver.
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The theme of this Scottish Catholic novel is the collision of the old Scotland of municipal socialism and the new. That collision is dramatized in the story of the narrator's grandfather, an ambitious but misguided social improver.
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Like New. Hardcover with DJ. SIGNED BY AUTHOR (name only...no inscription). FIRST EDITION. FROM COLLECTOR'S PERSONAL LIBRARY. PRESENTED WITH CLEAR BOOK JACKET COVER. A slight shelving tan around page edges, otherwise an unblemished copy.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!
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None. Fine in Fine jacket. A signed first edition of Andrew O'Hagan's Booker shortlisted novel. This signed first edition, first impression, of acclaimed Andrew O'Hagan's debut novel 'Our Fathers' was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and nominated for the Whitbread First Novel Award in 1999. The novel follows a man returning to Ayrshire to visit his dying grandfather, responsible for building the tower blocks of Glasgow, ruminating on the unravelling of his own life, and exploring themes of pride, depression, alcoholism and nationalism. Three of O'Hagan's novels has been nominated for the Booker Prize and was included in the 2003 Granta top 20 of young British novelists. First edition, first impression, in unclipped dustwrapper. Signed by the author to the title page. A poignant and powerful work, O'Hagan's 'Our Fathers' takes a profound look at our relationship with the past. In the publisher's original hardback binding, with unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, very smart, with only very minor shelfwear to the head and tail of the spine. The dustwrapper is very smart, with only minor shelfwear to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine.