num_pages: 304
description: Hugh Bawn was a modern hero, a dreamer, a man of the people who revolutionized Scotland's residential development after World War II. Now, as he lies dying in one of his own buildings, his grandson Jamie comes home to watch over 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 darkness amidst the search for Utopia. A poignant and very powerful reclamation of the past, Our Fathers is also a clearsighted and beautifully crafted look at public and personal history.
language: English
title: Our Fathers
titlecomplete: Our Fathers
genres: Fiction, Ireland, Coming Of Age, British Literature, Scotland, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Literature, Novels
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: Mariner Books