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Caledonian Road
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Narrated by:
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Michael Abubakar
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By:
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Andrew O'Hagan
About this listen
From the author of Mayflies, an irresistible, thoroughly enjoyable state-of-the-nation novel - the story of one man's epic fall from grace.
May 2021. London.
Campbell Flynn - art historian and celebrity intellectual - is entering the empire of middle age. Fuelled by an appetite for admiration and the finer things, 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 Manghasa, his beguiling and provocative student. Milo inhabits a more precarious world, has experiences and ideas which excite his teacher. He also has a plan.
Over the course of an incendiary year, a web of crimes and secrets and scandals 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.
©2024 Andrew O'Hagan (P)2024 Faber & Faber
Critic Reviews
'A brilliant state-of-the-nation novel that pulls down the facades of high society, and knocks over the 'good liberal' house-of-cards. O'Hagan is not only a peerless chronicler of our times, but has other gifts - of generosity, humour and tenderness.' Monica Ali
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- Anonymous User
- 07-06-2024
A wonderful listen!
I loved the descriptive details setting the scenes and characters. The voices and accents used by the narrator, made the listen so very entertaining.
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- Anonymous User
- 15-08-2024
An English Intrigue
The characters were so well weaved in the story and intrigue built. Although it wasn't going to end well it certainly portrays many aspects of current society. Questions values and inclusion, border and international links. It doesn't miss much.. from where it starts from. Talented writing. Thank you.
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- Anonymous User
- 23-08-2024
EPIC
Brilliant story and incredible writing, fantastic narration, but a little long overall. Well worth the effort.
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- Susan J Rahily
- 20-08-2024
The New London
An enthralling story of the many layers of society and of the human condition in contemporary London, which I only recognised by the street and place names, having lived there in the 1970’s. I now realise that the confidence and, dare
I say it, the arrogance of the English was based on an empire which they plundered and then allowed to crumble into post-colonial disaster. Caledonian Road does give hope in the form of socially aware and very clever millennials who may just save the nation.
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- Anonymous User
- 03-09-2024
Superb
Fantastic narration to match this brilliant book. The novel has a huge scope that zeros in on individuals’ lives to paint a frankly quite bleak portrait of London, but with a thread of hope woven through.
Quite probably a masterpiece.
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- Anonymous User
- 03-09-2024
Brilliance—O’Hagan’s masterpiece!
The print version has a list of characters at the front—this would have been helpful! The astonishing talent for accents by the reader enriched the experience as well as indicating the character. Ideally I would have read a chapter then listened to it!
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- Beverley Deeming
- 20-10-2024
So much more than I was expecting!
Interesting and complicated characters in what I found an enthralling storyline. The satellite storylines each as compelling as the next. Scarily accurate interpretation of the world we find ourselves living in. I would definitely recommend this book.
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- kengelen
- 21-05-2024
5 stars on all levels for this book.
This book was so well written and intellectually fulfilling. I would say it’s one of the best books I’ve ever read. The performance was exactly as it should have been. The story was very current, the ideas deeply confronting and left the listener with much to think about. The characters were multi faceted and interesting. I was so reluctant to reach the end that I tried slowing down, but unfortunately had to finish to find out what happened.
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- Anonymous User
- 25-04-2024
A masterpiece!
A whole world of characters, all of them fleshed out. Extraordinary narration. A deeply disturbing and thought-provoking novel and a terrifying but loving portrait of London. I have to read everything else this brilliant author has ever written! What a masterpiece.
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- michele taylor
- 09-04-2024
Scorching book
A cracker of a book. The author holds a blow torch to the belly of modern London.
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