In 'Born Yesterday', Gordon Burn plunges into the tumultuous sea of news from the summer of 2007, a period brimming with headlines. Through a daring narrative fusion, Burn transforms real-world tragedies and political shifts into a metafictional tapestry, challenging readers to interrogate the manufactured truths presented by the media. Weaving the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, the political transition from Tony Blair to Gordon Brown, and terror attacks in Glasgow into his fabric, Burn creates a novel that not only mirrors the state of current affairs but also examines the very structure of storytelling in our society.