O'Hagan, Andrew: Mayflies

Winner of the Christopher Isherwood Prize A Guardian , Spectator , Sunday Times , Financial Times and Evening Standard Book of the Year ''What a stunning novel.'' Graham Norton ''Funny, passionate, heartbreaking.'' Tracey Thorn ''Life-enhancing.'' Scotsman ''Unforgettable.'' Colm Toibin ''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.