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 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.