Feb 18, 2025
Anna and Geoff review OUR
EVENINGS the new novel by Booker Prize-winning author
Alan Hollinghurst. Dave Win is a Burmese-British actor reminiscing
about his life, growing up as a gay man in the 1960s through to
2019. We loved the exact and beautiful prose but found it slow. The
blurb also suggests a tension between Dave and bully Giles whereas
the story is more of a (fictional) memoir of Dave and his mother.
The
Sunday Times called it 'the best novel that's been
written about contemporary Britain in the past ten years.' An
interesting read and much to discuss!
If you enjoyed this book, we recommend:
Garth Greenwell (his latest
SMALL RAIN is on our TBR)
Alan Hollinghurst’s earlier work (Geoff’s favourite:
THE FOLDING STAR)
Coming up:
THE HUSBANDS with Holly Gramazio
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