On Friendship

Andrew O'Hagan

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Faber & Faber
01 November 2025

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Literary essays; Family & relationships

If we are lucky, in our lives, our friendships will be rich and varied. They will be shared with those with two legs, with four legs, with whiskers or clean faces; they will come dressed in the simplicity of childhood or the professional attire of adult life; some will span decades, and some will be only fleeting. But the thing they will all have in common is that life is not only unimaginable - but unimagined - without them.

In these gorgeous personal reflections, Andrew O'Hagan explores friendship through music and poetry, memory and history, illuminating the many ways and reasons that people come together, and how our lives are all the better because we do.

By: Andrew O'Hagan
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 128mm,
Weight: 148g
ISBN: 9780571401475
ISBN 10: 0571401473
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 01 November 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Andrew O'Hagan was born in Glasgow. He has been nominated for the Booker Prize, was voted one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists in 2003, and won the E. M. Forster Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is Editor-at-Large of the London Review of Books and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

Reviews for On Friendship

'Sincere, warm and intelligent ... you will walk away with a deeper under-standing of friendship and love.', Irish News on 'On Friendship' Radio 4 'The Mayflies author turns his sharp wit to the sort of human experiences we all take for granted, adroitly counterbalancing the personal with the universal in his trademark incisive style.' Glasgow Bell on 'On Friendship' Radio 4