Be Near Me

Andrew O'Hagan

Jan 2007 · Bolinda · Narrated by Jerome Pride

About this audiobook

In a small Scottish parish, an English priest is stalked by the fear of scandal, class hatred and lost ideals. Over the spring and summer of 2003, Father David becomes friends with two young people, Mark and Lisa: by the year's end his life is the focus of public hysteria. As he looks back to his childhood and to Oxford in the fever of student revolt, Father David begins to reconsider the central events of his life, and to see what may have happened to the political hopes of his generation. Meanwhile, religious warfare breaks out on his doorstep.

About the author

Andrew O'Hagan is a Scottish writer and novelist. He was selected by the literary magazine Granta for inclusion in their 2003 list of the top 20 young British novelists. He lives in London.

Jerome Pride trained as an actor in England, in the 80s, then at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne in the early 90s. Since then, he has worked extensively in film, television drama, radio plays, commercials, theatre, voiceover and audiobook narration, with over 80 titles recorded, for various production houses.