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
 
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.