Book of the Week: Mayflies, by Andrew O'Hagan, tells the story of the coming-of-age of a group of working-class Scottish youths in the 1980s, and the effect of the bonds then formed as they gather thirty years later, suddenly confronting their mortality. O'Hagan writes beautiful prose, and this is a sharp, funny and tender book exploring the strength of friendships. 

>>O'Hagan introduces the book. 

>>Heydays in the Haçienda.

>>"You never stop being who you are."

>>The great chip pan fire novelist comes of age. 

>>The Big Gun, 1986 (featuring Andrew O'Hagan).

>>What was the last book that made the author cry? 

>>"The world's greatest essayist," says Steve Braunias. 

>>O'Hagan on Robert Louis Stevenson. 

>>On ghost-writing Julian Assange's autobiography. 
 >>The Fire Engines. 
>>Read the book!