Mayflies

By Andrew O'Hagan

Book Overview

An unforgettable coming-of-age novel that becomes a profound mediation on life, death, and lifelong friendship.

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--news that forces the life-long friends to confront their own mortality head-on. What follows is an incredibly moving examination of the responsibilities and obligations we have to those we love. Mayflies is at once a finely-tuned drama about the delicacy and impermanence of human connection and an urgent inquiry into some of the most important questions of all: Who are we? What do we owe to our friends? And what does it mean to love another person amidst tragedy?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0771068115
• ISBN13: 9780771068119
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 7.4"

Customer Reviews

A portrait of life long male friendship.

A beautifully written book about life long male friendship. A portrait of middle age and the magic of friendships we formed as teenagers. Told with beautiful prose and comfortable ease, blending everyday pints with the magic of youth.