PRE-ORDER: Caledonian Road by Andrew O'Hagan

He always knew: when his life came tumbling down, it would occur in public.

Campbell Flynn is fuelled by an appetite for wealth and admiration, controversy and novelty. An art historian and celebrity pundit, he has enjoyed a charmed career rubbing shoulders with oligarchs and aristocrats, fashion designers and fine artists, at ease with the highbrow and the mainstream.

Only now, the world is changing. Over the course of an incendiary year a web of secrets and crimes will be revealed, and Campbell Flynn may not be able to protect himself from the shattering exposure of all his privilege really involves.

REVIEWS

"Addictively enjoyable ... a bold, bullish tale of hubris and corruption, a book simultaneously dazzled and disgusted by the city it depicts." ― Guardian

"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 - which make this novel an utter joy to read."- Monica Ali

"Superb, dazzling and moving. A Bonfire of the Vanities for our time. Utterly engrossing." - Jenny Colgan