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27 December. (2022-12-27) –. 28 December 2022. (2022-12-28) Mayflies is a two-part British television drama series starring Martin Compston and Tony Curran, adapted by Andrea Gibb from Andrew O'Hagan 's 2020 novel of the same name, and directed by Peter Mackie Burns.
Website. andrewohagan.com. Andrew O'Hagan FRSL (born 1968) is a Scottish novelist and non-fiction author. Three of his novels have been nominated for the Booker Prize and he has won several awards, including the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. His most recent novel as of 2024 is Caledonian Road (2024) published by Faber.
Mayflies is a novel by Kevin O'Donnell Jr. published in 1979. Plot summary [ edit ] Mayflies is a novel in which the brain of a scientist is preserved after his accidental death, and is then reprogrammed and used as the computer for a starship.
Caledonian Road by Andrew O’Hagan Every year, someone must step up and write a state-of-the-nation doorstopper, and this year, the duty falls to Mayflies author Andrew O’Hagan.
Our Fathers (1999) is the debut novel by Scottish novelist Andrew O'Hagan. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize (1999). It was also nominated for the Whitbread First Novel Award and the International Dublin Literary Award . The book focuses on James Bawn revisiting his dying grandfather Hugh Bawn in Ayrshire and a brief reunion with his ...
The novel won O'Hagan a Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Award.. John Banville compared it to The Great Gatsby and the oeuvre of Vladimir Nabokov. [1] Peter Bogdanovich, who knew Monroe personally, lauded O'Hagan's portrayal of her, stating that the dialogue was "absolutely authentic".
Lionel James Gamlin (30 April 1903 – 16 October 1967) [1] was a British radio and newsreel announcer and presenter, and actor, who was known for his work for the BBC and British Movietone News between the 1930s and 1950s.
John Sutherland; Boyd Tonkin; Natasha Walter; Shortlist Anita Desai: Fasting, Feasting: Chatto & Windus Michael Frayn: Headlong: Faber & Faber Andrew O'Hagan: Our Fathers: Faber & Faber Ahdaf Soueif: The Map of Love: Bloomsbury Colm Tóibín: The Blackwater Lightship: Picador 2000 Winner Margaret Atwood: The Blind Assassin: Bloomsbury Simon ...