description: First Canadian publication of the powerful debut novel from the author of Be Near Me.Finalist for the Man Booker Prize, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and the Whitbread Award.Hugh Bawn was a modern hero, a visionary urban planner, a man of the people who revolutionized Scotland’s residential development after the Second World War. But times have changed. Now, as he lies dying in one of his own failed buildings, his grandson Jamie comes home to watch over him. The old man’s final months bring Jamie to see what is best and worst in the past that haunts them all, and he sees the fears of his own life unravel in the land that bred him.It is Jamie who tells the story of his family, of three generations of pride and delusion, of nationality and strong drink, of Catholic faith and the end of political idealism. It is a tale of dark hearts and modern houses, of three men in search of Utopia. A poignant and powerful reclamation of the past, Our Fathers is a deeply felt, beautifully crafted, utterly unforgettable novel.
language: English
title: Our Fathers
titlecomplete: Our Fathers
genres: Literature, Literary Fiction, Scotland, Novels, Coming Of Age, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Ireland, British Literature
ratings_count: 486
places: Scotland
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Booker Prize, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Dublin Literary Award
category: Shortlist
publisher: Faber Faber Inc