Reviews round-up
Our Evenings
by Alan Hollinghurst
8 of 8 critics positive
10 reviews: 5 raves, 3 positives; 2 not stating a verdict in public
What the critics said
“as good as anything he’s ever written”
Lines of beauty: the genius of Alan Hollinghurst
“his finest novel yet”
Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst review – his finest novel yet
“cements Alan Hollinghurst as one of Britain’s best novelists”
Our Evenings cements Alan Hollinghurst as one of Britain’s best novelists
“An Exquisite Queer Odyssey by a Literary Master”
An Exquisite Queer Odyssey by a Literary Master (Published 2024)
“a gentle triumph”
Alan Hollinghurst’s new novel is a gentle triumph
“drolly self-mocking, mischievously randy and touchingly”
Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst — a gay coming-of-age novel
“Hauntingly truthful novel skewers the cruelties of the British elite”
Hauntingly truthful novel skewers the cruelties of the British elite
In Our Evenings, Alan Hollinghurst takes an elegiac look at class, sexuality and race in post-Brexit Britain
Color, Class, and Carnality Collide in Alan Hollinghurst’s New Novel
Verdicts are read from each outlet's own headline and summary; quotes are their words, credited and linked. Where a paywalled summary does not give the critic's view, we say so rather than guess. How it works.
