Mayflies by Andrew O'Hagan

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