From the widely renowned author Andrew O'Hagan, a heartbreaking novel of an extraordinary 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. 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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0I came into this book with completely wrong expectations and ended up falling in love with every part of it; the characters, the prose, the poetry and its truth. There are so many small moments in this book which just gleam through the pages. There is one quote that reads, "'I totally love those words,' he said, 'and I wish they were mine'" which completely encompasses the way I feel about this book. There are so many small moments in this book which just gleam through the pages. This is one of those books that I will think about often and recommend to everyone. Honestly, one of the truest 5 stars I have ever given
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