O Brother is a memoir about the bond of family and how to keep the best of those we lose alive, about black sheep and breaking ties that bind, and how families survive suicide.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 384 pages
Publication date: 06 June 2024
Publisher: Canongate Books

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John Niven's little brother Gary was fearless, popular, stubborn, handsome, hilarious and sometimes terrifying. After years of chaotic struggle against the world, he 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.

Weight: 272g
Dimension: 129 x 198 x 28 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781805303343
Edition number: Main