• Ep 281: Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst

  • Feb 18 2025
  • Length: 18 mins
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Ep 281: Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst

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  • 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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