Andrew O'Hagan: Caledonian Road
The author of Mayflies introduces his brand new state-of-the-nation novel, in conversation with Martha Kearney.
‘He always knew that when his life came tumbling down, it would occur in public.’
May 2021. London.
Campbell Flynn, art historian, is entering 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 mistakes.
Over the course of an incendiary year, a web of crimes, secrets and scandals will be revealed, and Campbell Flynn may not be able to protect himself from the shattering exposure of all that his privilege involves.
Described by Monica Ali as a ‘brilliant state-of-the-nation novel that pulls down the facades of high society’, this is a fast-paced and gripping reflection of the world we live in.
In association with the London Review Bookshop
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