Hame

Transportive and immersive. – Jonathan McAloon * Financial Times *
This searching and eloquent novel muses on identity, love and belonging. – Hepzibah Anderson * Mail on Sunday *
Bristling with life and passion and wit. * The Herald *
Hame treads a line between light-hearted satire and a discussion on notions of home and belonging… A hugely entertaining, roller-coaster of a ride through poetry and language – Liam Carson * The Irish Times *
Richly textured… The emotional complexity of the writing matches the landscape of the island and its surroundings. – Philip Womack * Literary Review *
There are joyful winks and allusions everywhere… an affectionate rebuke to Scots nationalists who pretend that questions of national identity are straightforward… ‘hame’ isn’t so much where you’re born, as where you hing yer bunnet’ – Sam Kitchener * Daily Telegraph *
Real historical figures interact with the fictional ones, blurring the book’s boundaries. It’s an immersive world, from smoky pubs in 1960s Edinburgh, filled with arguing poets, to the lovely descriptions of the island of Fascaray… Settle in your own home and explore. * Emerald Street *
Ultimately, Hame is a novel about identity; both with specific regard to Scottish character and nationalism and to broader questions of how we attach ourselves to people over place, or vice versa, and of how we construct our personal life stories. – Will Gore * Evening Standard *
A remarkable performance. – Allan Massie * Scotsman *
Exploration of the idea that identity is a creative construct, not just the product of geography, but the imagination. – Claire Allfree * Daily Mail *

Annalena McAfee is the author of two novels, The Spoiler and Hame. She founded the Guardian Review, which she edited for six years, and was Arts and Literary Editor of the Financial Times.

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