Mayflies : From the author of the Sunday Times bestseller Caledonian Road

by O'Hagan, Andrew | Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Published 03/06/2021 by FABER & FABER in the United Kingdom
Paperback | 304 pages
129 x 198 x 25mm | 250g

'A stunning novel.' Graham Norton** Order Andrew O'Hagan's new novel, the Sunday Times bestselling Caledonian Road, now ** Winner of the Christopher Isherwood PrizeShortlisted for the Portico PrizeA Guardian, Spectator, Sunday Times, Financial Times and Evening Standard Book of the Year'Funny, passionate, heartbreaking.' Tracey Thorn'Life-enhancing.' Scotsman'Unforgettable.' Cólm Toibín'Spectacular.' Books of the Year, Spectator'An incredible book . . . about men and how important friendship can be to men.' Douglas Stuart'My god this is gorgeous. Wild, wise, wonderful . . . Absolutely brilliant.' Russell T DaviesEveryone has a Tully Dawson: the friend who defines your life.

In the summer of 1986, James and Tully ignite a friendship based on music, films and the rebel spirit. With school over, they rush towards a magical weekend of youthful excess in Manchester played out against the greatest soundtrack ever recorded. And there a vow is made: to go at life differently.

Thirty years on, the phone rings. Tully has news.