NOMINATED FOR THE 2026 DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD • Named a Best Book of 2024 by The New York Times • Kirkus • The New Yorker • The Guardian • TIME • The Irish Times • Slate

“Our Evenings is that rare bird: a muscular work of ideas and an engrossing tale of one man’s personal odyssey as he grows up, framed in exquisite language.” —The New York Times Book Review

“A novel about acceptance: of time’s passage, of life’s limitations, of the small victories that make existence meaningful.” —The Guardian

“It’s time for American readers to know the genius of Alan Hollinghurst . . . Britain’s finest prose stylist. . . . Extraordinary . . . gorgeous.” —The Washington Post

“[Hollinghurst is] still our most elegant living writer. . . . [His] allegiance to sheer beauty balances the tartness of his observations of class. . . . A lovely, elegiac consideration of how people find happiness in the margins and crannies of the mainstream, and how fragile that joy can be.” —Slate

“Hollinghurst’s cultural range—as his new novel, Our Evenings, again confirms—is enormous.” —The Atlantic

“[Hollinghurst’s] most stately production yet, the measured, deliberate work of an experienced artist who refuses to be rushed. Vaulty and voluminous, Our Evenings is dense with images, detail, and luscious description.” —Los Angeles Review of Books

“Perhaps his best yet. . . . If you’ve never read [Hollinghurst] and enjoy literary fiction, compelling characters and a panorama of British history, Our Evenings is for you.” —Parade

“[Our Evenings is] the best novel that’s been written about contemporary Britain in the past ten years. It’s funny but desperately moving too.” —The Sunday Times

“[Our Evenings is] a meditation on growing old, the mutability of relationships, and the fragility of social progress, framed by the world-on-fire mood of the present.” —Vulture

“The book contains moments of extraordinary beauty and set pieces as powerful as anything Hollinghurst has written.” —The New Yorker

“[Hollinghurst is] infinitely sensitive to landscapes, colours, textures, able to convey the most delicate of sensations and emotions.” —The Telegraph

“[Our Evenings] has brought me more pleasure than any other book this year. . . . But Hollinghurst’s richly textured sentences are engrossing, capturing as they can the subtlest social undercurrent. Few British novelists reawaken the senses quite so intensely.” —The Times

“Reading [Hollinghurst’s] prose is like sinking into a bath of the perfect temperature, with his exquisite use of language and extraordinary powers of description.” —Julia Kelly, The Irish Times

“A standing ovation for Our Evenings!” —Richard E. Grant, actor and star of Withnail and I and Saltburn

“Our Evenings is marked by a sharp eye, a tender sensibility, and an unflagging wit. I never wanted it to end.” —Emma Donoghue, author of The Pull of the Stars and Room

“This sublime novel—classic Hollinghurst in everything but point of view—could not be timelier.” —Paul Mendez, author of Rainbow Milk

“Extraordinary. . . . Every aspect is flawless: complex, multidimensional characters, subtle treatment of emotions, beautiful writing, a vividly realized theatrical setting, and more.” —Booklist (starred review)

“Hollinghurst shows off his singular ability to bring readers inside the world of a character.” —Town & Country

“Hollinghurst proves once more to be a master of emotive prose. [Our Evenings is] a tour de force.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Hollinghurst continues to amaze and delight.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“Exquisitely fashioned. . . . A masterful accomplishment.” —BookPage (starred review)

“Hollinghurst has created a masterwork of literary fiction in his life-spanning tale of David Win, a biracial gay actor and writer. Elegantly navigating class and race, art and sexuality, love and violence, Our Evenings is a moving, beautiful and stunning evocation of modern Britain.” —Foyles (UK)

“From the opening page, there is the assurance of being in good hands with [Our Evenings]. . . . Alan Hollinghurst [transports the reader] with exceptional elan, the fluency and understated confidence of his writing making his prose flow like music.” —The Herald

“Our Evenings is a marvel.” —The Economist

“Suffused with golden light alluded to in its title, Our Evenings is melancholy and ravishing.” —Slate