Atlantic Ocean: Reports from Britain and America - Softcover

O'Hagan, Andrew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0151013780 ISBN 13: 9780151013784

Publisher: Mariner Books, 2013

Synopsis

"A brilliant essayist, [O'Hagan] constructs sentences that pierce like pinpricks." -- "Publishers Weekly," starred review For more than two decades, Andrew O'Hagan has been publishing celebrated essays on both sides of the Atlantic. "The Atlantic Ocean" highlights the best of his clear-eyed, brilliant work, including his first published essay, a reminiscence of his working-class Scottish upbringing; an extraordinary piece about the lives of two soldiers, one English, one American, both of whom died in Iraq on May 2, 2005; and a piercing examination of the life of William Styron. O'Hagan's subjects range from the rise of the tabloids to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, from the trajectory of the Beatles to the impossibility of not fancying Marilyn Monroe. "The Atlantic Ocean" -- an engrossing and important collection.

About this title

Review:

"A brilliant essayist, [O'Hagan] constructs sentences that pierce like pinpricks."
--Publishers Weekly (starred)

"Stupendously unflinching, bursting with possibility"---Booklist (starred)

About the Author:

ANDREW O'HAGAN was born in Glasgow, Scotland. His previous novels have been awarded the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and the E. M. Forster Award.

About this edition

• Publisher: Mariner Books
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0151013780
• ISBN 13: 9780151013784
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 368