When an English priest takes over a small Scottish parish, not everyone is ready to accept him. He makes friends with two local youths, Mark and Lisa, and clashes with a world he can barely understand. The town seems to grow darker each night. Fate comes calling and before the summer is out his quiet life is the focus of public hysteria. Father David looks back to find a Lancashire childhood. He remembers a lost father and a grand school for Catholic boys. He finds 1960s Oxford in the heat of student revolt and recalls a choice he once made in the orange groves of Rome. "Be Near Me" is a story of art and politics, love and change, and a book about the way we live now. Trapped in class hatreds, threatened by personal flaws, Father David begins to discover what happened to the ideals of his generation. Meanwhile a religious war is unfolding on his doorstep...
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Hardback Editions
June 2007 : Hardback
| Title: Be Near Me Author(s): Andrew O'Hagan ISBN: 0-15-101303-9 / 978-0-15-101303-6 (USA edition) Publisher: Harcourt Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
October 2006 : Hardback
| Title: Be Near Me Signed Edition Author(s): Andrew O'Hagan ISBN: 1-84579-474-5 / 9781845794743 (UK edition) Publisher: Faber & Faber Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
October 2006 : Hardback
| Title: Be Near Me Author(s): Andrew O'Hagan ISBN: 0-7710-6834-4 / 978-0-7710-6834-8 (Canada (English speaking) edition) Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Availability: Amazon CA More details... |
August 2006 : Hardback
| Title: Be Near Me Author(s): Andrew O'Hagan ISBN: 0-571-21602-1 / 978-0-571-21602-4 (UK edition) Publisher: Faber and Faber Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
April 2008 : Paperback
| Title: Be Near Me Author(s): Andrew O'Hagan ISBN: 0-15-603396-8 / 978-0-15-603396-1 (USA edition) Publisher: Harvest Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
April 2008 : Paperback
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April 2007 : Paperback
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March 2007 : Paperback
| Title: Be Near Me Author(s): Andrew O'Hagan ISBN: 0-571-21605-6 / 978-0-571-21605-5 (UK edition) Publisher: Faber and Faber Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
August 2006 : Paperback
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Audio Editions
March 2007 : Audio CD
| Title: Be Near Me Author(s): Andrew O'Hagan ISBN: 1-74093-917-4 / 9781740939171 (Australia edition) Publisher: Bolinda Audio Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
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