One of the most original,moving and beautifully written non-fiction works of recent years,The Missing marked the acclaimed debut of one of Britain's most astute and important writers.In a brilliant merging of reportage,social history and memoir,Andrew O'Hagan clears a devastating path from the bygone Glasgow of the 1970s to the grim secrets of Gloucester in the mid 1990s.'A triumph in words.'Independent on Sunday'The Missing,part autobiography,part old-fashioned pavement-pounding,marks the most auspicious debut by a British writer for some time.'Gordon Burn,Independent'A timely corrective to the idea that nothing profound can be said about now.'Will Self,Observer Books of the Year'His vision of modern Britain has the quality of a poetic myth,with himself as Bunyan's questing Christian and the missing as Dantesque souls in limbo.'Blake Morrison,Guardian
Publisher: Faber & FaberISBN: 9780571215607Number of pages: 288Weight: 125 gDimensions: 200 x 125 x 25 mmEdition: Main
Andrew O'Hagan
Andrew O'Hagan is a Scottish novelist and non-fiction writer who has been nominated for the Booker Prize three times.
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