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The Two Roberts

'Deeply affecting . . . A vivid and moving portrait' The Times

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The Two Roberts

Di: Damian Barr
Letto da: Michael Abubakar
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WATERSTONES AND FOYLES BOOK OF THE MONTH FOR SEPTEMBER 2026
SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION 2025
SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL WRITING AWARD FOR FICTION 2026
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WINSTON GRAHAM PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2026
LONGLISTED FOR SCOTLAND'S NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2026
LONGLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2026
A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK
A BEST FICTION BOOK OF 2025 FOR THE GUARDIAN, THE OBSERVER, THE HERALD AND THE BBC

'Crackles with creative rebellion' DOUGLAS STUART
'immersive, intelligent, immensely sensual' ELIF SHAFAK
'A tender and evocative act of resurrection' JAMES CAHILL, SPECTATOR
'The greatest and truest story of two male lovers I have ever read' RUSSELL T DAVIES
'Deeply affecting . . . vivid and moving' PETER PARKER, THE TIMES

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

Scotland, 1933. Bobby MacBryde is off to the Glasgow School of Art. On his first day he will meet another Robert, a quiet man with loose dark curls – and never leave his side. With the world on the brink of war, their unrivalled talent takes them all over Europe, partying, loving, fighting, painting. The pair become stars as the bombs fall in this stunningly re-imagined true story of devotion and obsession, art and class.

 Narrativa biografica Narrativa di genere Narrativa storica XX secolo
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"Barr proves that Glasgow has many stories to tell. A funny, charming book that crackles with creative rebellion. It is a pleasure to read and there is real joy in discovering the forgotten history of these working-class antiheroes" (DOUGLAS STUART)
"Brilliant . . . Immersive, intelligent, immensely sensual" (ELIF SHAFAK)
"A tender and evocative act of resurrection . . . The humour, compassion and tragedy of the story are invested in the incompatible, inseparable characters at its heart" (JAMES CAHILL)
"The Two Roberts is the greatest and truest story of two male lovers I have ever read. A masterpiece. The celebration of these men while staring down their every relentless failing is world class. What an act of the imagination! It’s wonderful, beautiful, heartbreaking, inspiring, honest, true, vital and magnificent. They live, they love, they fight, they sing, they fight naked and drunk, this is truly a literary miracle to look at these men and create them anew with such love, but such a tough, cold eye too" (RUSSELL T DAVIES)
"Deeply affecting . . . Barr’s description of the tentative and gradual way the couple’s love for each other evolves is done beautifully . . . A vivid and moving portrait of two fine artists" (PETER PARKER)
"The Roberts live once more! A brilliant and unflinching portrait of love and talent. Spending time in this world, so beautifully filled with detail and atmosphere, was a real pleasure" (GRAHAM NORTON)
"A warm, tender and attentive work - there are deep pleasures in its prose, world-building and sincerity of feeling" (SARAH PERRY)
"We need love stories like these. A stoater of a love story! The two Roberts take up residence in your heart. Utterly absorbing, Damian Barr has pulled off that very difficult thing, to make a historical novel totally contemporary. Yes, it is set in the past but the whole story is very Now. Brilliant" (JACKIE KAY)
"A moving meditation on art, love and home . . . Barr mingles comedy and tragedy with wonderful fluidity"
"A novel that brims over with generosity and warmth"
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