Caledonian Road

Caledonian Road: A Novel | Andrew O'Hagan

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Dinners and charities, the authors and Dukes seem to be living the life along with the MPs working for the country, but if you lift your eyes and look behind all the glitter you‘ll see something different. People involved in money laundering, illegal immigration, modern slavery and the distribution of drugs. How will the important people react when all eyes are on them because they have been found out?

CarolynM Great review! It‘s such a good book. 2mo

The_Book_Ninja Interesting. Cally Road is where my mum and dad grew up. Didn‘t know there‘s a book set there. It‘s hardly the most romantic road in London 2mo

charl08 Just reading his now because of a work bookgroup, and thinking I want to add his whole backlist to my wishlist!

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BookWrym

Caledonian Road: A Novel | Andrew O'Hagan

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Sprawling novel covering a period of time in the lives of various characters connected to Caledonia Road.

This covers all the big events in Britain from the last few years. Brexit, Covid, Lockdown, People Smuggling, Bribery, Corruption, Money Laundering, Cryptocurrency, Ukraine and much more.

Interesting social commentary.

CarolynM Loved this book. I can‘t believe you and I seem to be the only people who have read it! 2mo

AnneCecilie @CarolynM I‘m reading it now, almost finished 2mo

BookWrym @CarolynM we have good taste LOL can see this having Booker potential 2mo

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CarolynM

Caledonian Road: A Novel | Andrew O'Hagan

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A sprawling saga of modern London that exposes the web of relationships at the intersection of aristocracy, politics, celebrity & business that facilitate & cover up corruption, abuse & bigotry. Meanwhile, for many outside that sphere, their social & family connections are more likely to endanger than empower them. There‘s a lot to think about, a lot to Spark anger at the inequality & injustice, but it‘s also frequently funny. I loved it.

squirrelbrain Great review! I just got this from the (digital) library and I‘m really looking forward to it. 4mo

LeeRHarry Fab review! š 4mo

Cathythoughts Great review š‘¨š¸»ā¯¤ļø¸ stacked. 4mo

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BarbaraBB This is one I have been eyeing! 4mo

CarolynM @squirrelbrain @LeeRHarry @Cathythoughts Thank you! I am going to his sessions at the Melbourne Writers Festival on the weekend and I‘m looking forward to it even more now. 4mo

CarolynM @BarbaraBB I think it‘s really good. 4mo

LeeRHarry @CarolynM I‘m going to a couple of sessions tomorrow. š 4mo

CarolynM @LeeRHarry I‘m going to Melissa Lucashenko tomorrow. I‘ve got to try to finish Edenglassie this afternoon. 4mo

LeeRHarry @CarolynM I would have liked to have seen her but haven‘t read the copy of Edenglassie you sent me š«£ I‘m seeing Charlotte Wood and Lauren Groff and then Alexis Wright. (edited) 4mo

CarolynM @LeeRHarry They all should be interesting. We‘ll have to swap notes here after the sessionsš€ 4mo

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CarolynM @LeeRHarry Andrew O‘Hagan‘s sessions were fabulous. The one with Richard Fidler was recorded for his Conversations podcast if you‘re interested. 4mo

LeeRHarry @CarolynM thanks š I saw Alexis Wright speak yesterday and she was great too. I forget how much I enjoy going to author events. 4mo

Rissreads I‘m so jealous of your writers festival. I might have to try get over there next year for it. 4mo

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