Caledonian Road
Publisher,Faber & Faber
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Format, Paperback
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No. of Pages, 656
Shelf: Fiction / Adult Fiction
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From the author of Mayflies, an irresistible, unputdownable, state-of-the-nation novel - the story of one man's epic fall from grace.
Campbell Flynn – art historian and celebrity pundit – is entering the empire of middle age. Fuelled by an appetite for controversy and novelty, he doesn't take people half as seriously as they take themselves. Which will prove the first of his huge mistakes.
The second? Milo Mangasha, his beguiling and provocative student. Milo inhabits a more precarious world. He has experiences and ideas that excite his teacher. He also has a plan.
Over the course of an incendiary year a web of secrets and crimes will be revealed, and Campbell Flynn may not be able to protect himself from the shattering exposure of all his privilege really involves. But then, he always knew: when his life came tumbling down, it would occur in public.
About the Author
Andrew O'Hagan is one of his generation's most exciting and serious chroniclers of contemporary Britain. He has been nominated for the Man Booker Prize three times and was voted one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists in 2003. He has won the Los Angeles Times Book Award and the E.M. Forster Award from the American Academy of Arts & Letters.
Reviews
"A pitch-perfect tragicomedy of manners ... a book – it's hard to resist the word Dickensian – that feels as near an authentic slice of contemporary London life as any packed tube carriage." —Tim Adams, Observer
"Dickensian social novel meets airport blockbuster ... a rollicking, addictively readable slice of contemporary London life." ―Guardian Summer Picks
"A hugely enjoyable read, all delivered in O'Hagan's customarily stylish prose ... a book that will get people reading – and talking." —Susie Mesure, i newspaper
"Remarkable ... a novel on a scale which is rare today, and one which makes you think and feel at the same time." –Allan Massie, Scotsman
"Where are all the great 21st-century state-of-the-nation novels? Step forward Andrew O'Hagan." ―Sunday Times
Dimensions: 15.3 x 4.5 x 23.5 cm
