Be Near Me

Uncorrected Proof. 8vo. Pp. [vi], 225. Pictorial stiff wraps. A specially bound, signed limited edition of 75 copies by Tuskar Rock Press (Dublin), was issued concurrently with the Faber trade edition.

Signed by Author to title-page. Stamped "Proof/Damaged" to fore-edges and f.f.e.p., else Fine.

O'Hagan's third novel. Winner of the 2008 Los Angeles Times Novel of the Year. Longlisted for the 2006 MAN Booker Prize. A nuanced character study of a Roman Catholic priest assigned to a small and conservative rural parish in Scotland. One of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists 2003. "[O'Hagan is a] novelist of astonishingly assured gifts." –The New York Times Book Review