Boy Friends

An intimate and original memoir of love, grief and male friendship by one of Scotland''s brightest young talents. ''Enchanting and astonishgnly compelling . . . A friend is a masterpiece of nature, Emerson said - and this book is as perfect a portrait of that natural masterpiece as I have ever read.'' STEPHEN FRY ''Lucid, lyrical, loaded . . . A love letter to friendship.'' JACKIE KAY ''A lovely book: bright and heartfelt, funny and refreshing.'' ANDREW O''HAGAN ''A beautiful, moving, life-affirming book.'' IAN RANKIN Friendships just might be the greatest love affairs of our lives . . . In 2018 poet and author Michael Pedersen lost a cherished friend, Scott Hutchison, soon after their collective voyage into the landscape of the Scottish Highlands. Just weeks later, Michael began to write to him. As he confronts the bewildering process of grief, what starts as a love letter to one magical, coruscating human soon becomes a paean to all the gorgeous male friendships that have transformed his life. ''Tender, funny . . . lifted my spirits in the way Ali Smith does.'' VAL McDERMID ''Dazzling . . . uncommonly romantic, irreverent and at times laugh out loud funny. A delight.'' SHIRLEY MANSON ''Beautiful . . . send it to every friend you''ve ever loved.'' CHARLOTTE CHURCH

Product details

• Authors: Michael Pedersen, Pedersen Michael
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2022
• EAN: 9780571360055
• ISBN: 978-0-571-36005-5
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 197 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Death, Grief, Bereavement, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Friendship, Relationships: friends / peer groups