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O Brother

O Brother - Paperback

by John Niven
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Availability:Out of StockContributor:John NivenPublish date:2024-09-10Pages:384
Language:EnglishPublisher:Canongate BooksISBN-13:9781805303343ISBN-10:1805303341UPC:9781805303343Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Family & RelationshipsBook Subcategory:Memoirs, Death, Grief, Bereavement, SiblingsSize:7.70 x 4.90 x 1.10 inchesWeight:0.5997Product ID:SC3BZC99T6

An instant Sunday Times bestseller, O Brother is by turns heart-breaking and hilarious - evoking a working-class childhood of the 1970-80s and trying to answer the questions that often haunt the survivors of suicide

SHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE
A GUARDIAN BEST MEMOIR OF 2023
A WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF 2023

John Niven's little brother Gary was fearless, popular, stubborn, handsome, hilarious and sometimes terrifying. After years of chaotic struggle against the world took his own life at the age of 42.

Tracking the lives of two brothers in changing times - from illicit cans of lager in 70s sitting rooms to ecstasy in 90s raves - O Brother is a tender, affecting and often uproariously funny story. It is about the bonds of family and how we try to keep the best of those we lose alive. It is about black sheep and what it takes to break the ties that bind. Fundamentally it is about how families survive suicide, 'that last cry, from the saddest outpost.'
Language:EnglishPublisher:Canongate BooksISBN-13:9781805303343ISBN-10:1805303341UPC:9781805303343Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Family & RelationshipsBook Subcategory:Memoirs, Death, Grief, Bereavement, SiblingsSize:7.70 x 4.90 x 1.10 inchesWeight:0.5997Product ID:SC3BZC99T6

John Niven is the author of eleven books, including Kill Your Friends, The Second Coming and Straight White Male. As a screenwriter his credits include The Trip, Kill Your Friends and How to Build a Girl. O Brother is his first non-fiction book.

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Publisher: Canongate Books

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