Damian Barr

The Two Roberts (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A BEST FICTION BOOK OF 2025 FOR THE HERALD, THE OBSERVER, THE GUARDIAN AND THE BBC

'A novel that brims over with generosity and warmth' OBSERVER

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He will stay like this forever, Robert's arm draped round him. They will be forever twenty.

Scotland, 1933. Bobby MacBryde is on his way. After years grafting at Lees Boot Factory, he's off to the Glasgow School of Art, to his future. On his first day he will meet another Robert, a quiet man with loose dark curls - and never leave his side.

Together they will spend every penny and every minute devouring Glasgow - its grand bazaar, botanical gardens and a whole hidden city - all the while loving each other behind closed doors. With the world on the brink of war, their art takes them to Paris, Rome and, finally, to London. They will become stars as the bombs fall - their talent unrivalled, their parties legendary - mingling with the likes of Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon and Elizabeth Smart. But the brightest stars burn fastest.

The Two Roberts is a profoundly moving story of devotion and obsession, art and class. It is at once a celebration of almost-forgotten artists MacBryde and Colquhoun, and a devastating picture of the price we pay for trying to change the way the world sees.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Canongate Books
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. September 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781837260836
• Artikelnr.: 72260555

Autorenporträt

Damian Barr is an award-winning writer, broadcaster and journalist. His memoir Maggie & Me, won Stonewall Writer of the Year and Sunday Times Memoir of the Year. His debut novel, You Will Be Safe Here, was shortlisted for six major awards and named a Book of the Year in the Observer, Guardian and Mail. He has written columns for The Times and Sunday Times and hosted Front Row on BBC Radio 4 as well as his own series Guide Books. In 2019, Damian brought books back to television with the Big Scottish Book Club, now in its sixth series and syndicated internationally. Also on BBC TV, he presented Shelf Isolation and the landmark documentary for Sir Walter Scott's 250th. Damian holds a PhD in Creative Writing from Lancaster University and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. His world-famous Literary Salon ran from 2008 to 2023, celebrating writers from around the world and widening the cultural conversation. He is a trustee of Gladstone's Library and a campaigner for libraries. He lives in Brighton.

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