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A Novel
From the internationally acclaimed winner of the Booker Prize, a piercing novel of modern England through the lens of one man's acutely observed experiences.
Did I have a grievance? Most of us, without looking far, could find something that had harmed us, and oppressed us, and unfairly held us back. I tried not to dwell on it, thought it healthier not to, though I'd lived my short life so far in a chaos of privilege and prejudice.
Dave Win, the son of a a Burmese man he's never met and a British dressmaker, is thirteen years old when he gets a scholarship to a top boarding school. With the doors of elite English society cracked open for him, heady new possibilities emerge, even as Dave is exposed to the envy and viciousness of his wealthy classmates.
Alan Hollinghurst's new novel follows Dave from the 1960s on—through the possibilities that remained open for him, and others that proved to be illusory: as a working-class brown child in a decidedly white institution; a young man discovering queer culture and experiencing his first, formative love affairs; a talented but often overlooked actor, on the road with an experimental theater company; and an older Londoner whose late-in-life marriage fills his days with an unexpected sense of happiness and security.
From "one of our most gifted writers" (The Boston Globe), Our Evenings sweeps readers from our past to our present through the beauty, pain, and joy of one deeply observed life.
"Booker winner Hollinghurst traces the divisions of post-Brexit London in this elegant tale of two men's divergent paths across decades...Hollinghurst proves once more to be a master of emotive prose. It's a tour de force." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Hollinghurst continues to amaze and delight, hitting both the most delicate grace notes and portentous chords perfectly...and then suddenly there's an ending you will likely find yourself reading several times so you can fully take in its subtlety, power, and emotion." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"This is an extraordinary novel from Booker Prize winner Hollinghurst, memorably conceived, beautifully executed, and a gift to lovers of serious literary fiction. Every aspect is flawless: complex, multidimensional characters, subtle treatment of emotions, beautiful writing, a vividly realized theatrical setting, and more." —Booklist (starred review)
"Our Evenings is marked by a sharp eye, a tender sensibility, and an unflagging wit. I never wanted it to end." —Emma Donoghue, author of The Pull of the Stars and Room
"This sublime novel—classic Hollinghurst in everything but point of view—could not be timelier." —Paul Mendez, author of Rainbow Milk
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Alan Hollinghurst is the author of seven novels, The Swimming-Pool Library, The Folding Star, The Spell, The Line of Beauty, The Stranger's Child, The Sparsholt Affair and Our Evenings. He has received the Somerset Maugham Award, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction and the 2004 Man Booker Prize. He lives in London.
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