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‘Only disconnect’ – in Caledonian Road, Andrew O'Hagan depicts Britain’s great unravelling

It is Thursday May 20, 2021, and Campbell Flynn – “tall and sharp at fifty-two […] a tinderbox in a Savile Row suit, a man who believed his childhood was so far behind him that all its threats had vanished” – makes his way along Piccadilly to sign copies of…

The Conversation · Jun 6, 2024

Caledonian Road by Andrew O’Hagan review – state-of-the-nation burlesque

This Dickensian yarn of a celebrity writer heading for a fall combines the bling of an airport bestseller with an insider’s grasp on high culture

The Guardian - UK · Apr 4, 2024