Be near me / Andrew O'Hagan.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, Inc., 2008.Edition: 1st Harvest edDescription: 305 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780156033961
  • 0156033968
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 823/.914 22
LOC classification:
  • PR6065.H18 B4 2008
Summary: In a small Scottish parish in a post-industrial town by the sea, an English priest with secrets in his own past becomes stalked by the fear of scandal, class hatred, and lost ideals. When Father David Anderton takes over a Scottish parish, not everyone is ready to accept him. Over the spring and summer of 2003, Father David befriends two young, troubled students, Mark and Lisa. Their natural energy and response to the world bring out his own feelings of protectiveness, as well as longings for parts of himself -- and his past -- that he has come to lose. This relationship and the way it develops leads to the book's climax, as Father David finds himself facing accusations of abuse.
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Book Book Stonewall Fiction FIC OHA 2006 1 Available 141821

"A novel"--Cover.

"A Harvest book."

Originally published in U.S. as hardback, ©2006.

"First published in Great Britain by Faber & Faber Limited"--T.p. verso.

In a small Scottish parish in a post-industrial town by the sea, an English priest with secrets in his own past becomes stalked by the fear of scandal, class hatred, and lost ideals. When Father David Anderton takes over a Scottish parish, not everyone is ready to accept him. Over the spring and summer of 2003, Father David befriends two young, troubled students, Mark and Lisa. Their natural energy and response to the world bring out his own feelings of protectiveness, as well as longings for parts of himself -- and his past -- that he has come to lose. This relationship and the way it develops leads to the book's climax, as Father David finds himself facing accusations of abuse.

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