Our Evenings
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Prasanna Puwanarajah
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A ‘Book of the Year’ for The Guardian, The Observer, The Times, Daily Express, The Spectator, The Financial Times, Daily Telegraph, New Statesman and the I
'I must confess my devotion immediately: I read every word this man writes. I wait for every new novel and the wait has been worth it: this is gorgeous. I simply love the way this man writes' – Russell T. Davies, writer and creator of It's A Sin
'The best novel that’s been written about contemporary Britain in the past ten years. It’s funny but desperately moving too' – The Sunday Times
Featured on Radio 4's 'Book at Bedtime'
Alan Hollinghurst, the Booker Prize-winning author of The Line of Beauty, brings us a dark, luminous and wickedly funny portrait of modern England through the lens of one man’s acutely observed and often unnerving experience. It is a story of race and class, theatre and sexuality, love and the cruel shock of violence, from one of the finest writers of our age.
Dave Win is thirteen years old when he first goes to stay with the sponsors of his scholarship at a local boarding school. This weekend, with its games and challenges and surprising encounters, will open up heady new possibilities, even as it exposes him to their son Giles’ envy and violence.
As their lives unfold over the next half a century, the two boys’ careers will diverge dramatically: Dave, a gifted actor struggling with convention and discrimination, Giles an increasingly powerful and dangerous politician.
Our Evenings is the intimate and touching story of Dave Win’s life as a schoolboy and student, his first love affairs, in London, and on the road with an experimental theatre company, and of a late-life affair, which transforms his sixties with a new sense of happiness and a perilous security.
Our Evenings entered the Sunday Times Fiction Hardback chart at #9 w/b 07-10-24.
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- Paul
- 09-01-25
An amazing book
Broad, sensitive and involving, I absolutely loved the arc of the story. The narration is beautifully natural.
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- Anonymous User
- 02-02-25
A Dickens for our times
David’s life spanned mine and I loved the detail description of his growing up in the 60s - his relationship with his mother & his teenage years. It’s a sweeping testament to changing attitudes and unchanging prejudices in the last half of the 20th century.
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- claire banks
- 05-02-25
Beautifully and sensitively written. I couldn’t put it down.
Alan Hollinghurst is a genius. I loved everything about the story, the way in which it was crafted and the narration. I feel I’ve lost a friend and am about to download another of his works.
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- Miss W.
- 01-01-25
A fabulous gentle tale of a life lived
This is a beautifully written story - gentle and wise, and the narration is perfect. To be savoured. I didn't want to to end.
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- scorsbydouble
- 16-02-25
Luxuriously paced and exquisitely narrated
I’d never read anything by Alan Hollinghurst prior to this so I had no idea what to expect. I loved it, I loved the pace, the characters, the dialogue and the beautifully noted details. The narrator was excellent.
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- debbieg
- 10-10-24
Episodic journey through the life of a typical Hollinghurst protagonist
A bit disappointed - writing and narration excellent but some episodes worked better than mothers - many scenarios over long and repetitive. No
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Like I’ve read it before.
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- jackjustreading
- 05-12-24
Best book yet
I’ve read all of Alan Hollinghursts novels and I think Our Evenings is his best yet. Very moving and magical. Would love to see this adapted to tv/film.
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- Carol K
- 11-02-25
Beautiful writing
Lives up to my already high opinion of Alan Hollinghurst. The whole experience wonderful. Thanks
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- Flighty Rach
- 06-01-25
A wonderful performance of a great book
This is a really wonderful reading (by Prasanna Puwanajarah) of a great book.
David Win, a biracial, fatherless, working class scholarship boy, is thoroughly rooted in his white and privately educated world, and thoughtfully narrates the story of his long life through reflective vignette.
It sounds slight, but this is such a thoughtful, graceful, kind hearted wander through time. Important social and political events are shown rather than told, and this techniqueof showing how events effect the individual is quietly effective because of this personal approach.
Without caricature, his wonderfully heroic and stoic mum Avril, and abusive villain Giles add drama, but ultimately this is a thoughtful book that reflects on big themes from the perspective of old age.
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- Anonymous User
- 31-10-24
Epic
Brilliant descriptions of the experiences of life. Fascinating characters and a clever ending. Highly recommended.
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