Mayflies

'A stunning novel.' Graham Norton

** Includes the first chapter of Andrew O'Hagan's

Sunday Times bestselling new novel

Caledonian Road **

Winner of the Christopher Isherwood Prize

Shortlisted for the Portico Prize

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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 Davies Everyone 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.