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The Missing
Andrew O´hagan
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Description for The Missing
Paperback. Clears a devastating path from the bygone Glasgow of the 1970s to the grim secrets of Gloucester in the mid 1990s. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BTC; JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 204.
One of the most original, moving and beautifully written non-fiction works of recent years, The Missing marked the acclaimed debut of one of Britain's most astute and important writers.
In a brilliant merging of reportage, social history and memoir, Andrew O'Hagan clears a devastating path from the bygone Glasgow of the 1970s to the grim secrets of Gloucester in the mid 1990s.
'A triumph in words.' Independent on Sunday
'The Missing, part autobiography, part old-fashioned pavement-pounding, marks the most auspicious debut by a British writer for some time.' Gordon Burn, Independent
'A timely corrective to the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571215607
SKU
V9780571215607
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99-99
About Andrew O´hagan
Andrew O'Hagan was born in Glasgow in 1968. His first book, The Missing, was published in 1995 and shortlisted for the Esquire/Waterstone's/Apple Non-Fiction Award. Our Fathers, his debut novel, was shortlisted for the 1999 Booker Prize. His second novel, Personality, won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction. In 2003 Granta named him one of the 'Best of ... Read more
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