Mayflies

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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.

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‘A stunning novel.’ Graham Norton

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Winner of the Christopher Isherwood Prize
Shortlisted for the Portico Prize

A Guardian, Spectator, Sunday Times, Financial Times and Evening Standard Book of the Year

‘Funny, passionate, heartbreaking.’ Tracey Thorn

‘Life-enhancing.’ Scotsman

‘Unforgettable.’ Cólm Toibìn

‘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.

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Weight 0.253 kg
Dimensions 19.8 × 12.9 × 1.8 cm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

277

Language

English

Edition

1st paperback ed

Dewey

823.92 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K