Mayflies

Name: Mayflies
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9780571273713
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From the author of the Sunday Times bestseller Caledonian Road

By Andrew O'Hagan

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Mayflies by Andrew O'Hagan is a poignant and evocative tale about friendship, youth, and the passage of time. The story follows two close friends from a small town in Scotland as they navigate the joys and challenges of adolescence. Decades later, a significant event reunites them, exploring themes of love, nostalgia, and the persistent bonds of friendship.
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This book may appeal to you if you cherish stories of friendship and nostalgia, exploring the complexities of lasting bonds and the poignant passage of time. It beautifully captures the exuberance of youth and the bittersweet maturation process, laced with humour and emotional depth.

Mayflies

From the widely renowned author Andrew O'Hagan, a heartbreaking novel of an extraordinary lifelong friendship.

A heartbreaking novel of an extraordinary lifelong friendship, now featuring Andrew O'Hagan's moving essay on the real-life friendship that inspired his award-winning novel.

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'An immensely engaging writer: wry and witty, and insightful.' - Sunday Times

'A vivid and meticulous writer.' - Observer

Everyone has a Tully Dawson: the friend who defines your life.

In the summer of 1986, in a small Scottish town, James and Tully ignite a brilliant friendship based on music, films, and the rebel spirit. With school over and the locked world of their fathers before them, they rush towards the climax of their youth: a magical weekend in Manchester, the epicentre of everything that inspires them in working-class Britain. There, against the greatest soundtrack ever recorded, a vow is made: to go at life differently.

Thirty years on, half a life away, the phone rings. Tully has news.

Mayflies is a memorial to youth's euphorias and to everyday tragedy. A tender goodbye to an old union, it discovers the joy and the costs of love.

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Mayflies by Andrew O'Hagan is widely praised for its poignant exploration of friendship and nostalgia, capturing the spirited essence of youth and the complexities of adult life. Critics appreciate the novel's humorous yet tender storytelling, as well as its vivid portrayal of the 1980s music scene and how it resonates through time. The book's emotional depth and richly developed characters have been highlighted as being particularly compelling.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780571273713

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 June 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Faber & Faber

Edition: Main - Re-issue

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 253g

Pages: 320

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Andrew O'Hagan Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction

About the Author

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.