Mayflies
From the author of the Sunday Times bestseller Caledonian Road
Published on 3. June 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-571-27371-3 (ISBN)
Description
'A stunning novel.' GRAHAM NORTON
'My god this is gorgeous. Wild, wise, wonderful.' RUSSELL T. DAVIES
'Unforgettable.' COLM TOIBIN
WINNER OF THE CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD PRIZE
SHORTLISTED FOR THE PORTICO PRIZE
Now featuring Andrew O'Hagan's moving essay on the real-life friendship that inspired his beloved, award-winning novel.
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.
Readers love Mayflies:
????? 'Intelligent, moving, and quick-moving. Leaves you smiling and crying at once.'
????? 'Exquisitely written and made me exhale with a big sigh and just sit still, thinking deeply, when I closed the book at the end.'
????? 'An uplifting and life-affirming read.'
????? 'This book will change your life and challenge your values. You'll laugh, then weep til you're weak like a baby.'
????? 'An exquisite exploration of how life should be lived, right until the very last breath.'
'My god this is gorgeous. Wild, wise, wonderful.' RUSSELL T. DAVIES
'Unforgettable.' COLM TOIBIN
WINNER OF THE CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD PRIZE
SHORTLISTED FOR THE PORTICO PRIZE
Now featuring Andrew O'Hagan's moving essay on the real-life friendship that inspired his beloved, award-winning novel.
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.
Readers love Mayflies:
????? 'Intelligent, moving, and quick-moving. Leaves you smiling and crying at once.'
????? 'Exquisitely written and made me exhale with a big sigh and just sit still, thinking deeply, when I closed the book at the end.'
????? 'An uplifting and life-affirming read.'
????? 'This book will change your life and challenge your values. You'll laugh, then weep til you're weak like a baby.'
????? 'An exquisite exploration of how life should be lived, right until the very last breath.'
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Edition
Main - Re-issue
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 128 mm
Width: 195 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
272 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-571-27371-3 (9780571273713)
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E-Book
09/2020
Faber & Faber
€11.99
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Person
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 he 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.