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ABOUT THIS BOOK

PUBLISHER: Fairlight Books

ISBN: 9781914148804

RRP: £10.99

PAGES: 176

PUBLICATION DATE:
November 13, 2025

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Blurred Faces

By Allan Radcliffe

‘I mean, it’s nothing really. An old face from the past.’

When two men meet on a dating app, it’s supposed to be a casual encounter between strangers. Jordan is only back in Edinburgh to visit his complicated family, and Davie is reeling from a painful breakup.

Yet Davie recognises Jordan as someone he knew long ago, when they were both closeted teenagers at the same school. Back then, Jordan was relentlessly bullied and Davie was one of the bullies. But Jordan doesn’t remember him at all.

Against the backdrop of a city steeped in memories, Davie and Jordan find themselves drawn together again and again. A fragile intimacy blossoms between them, but can anyone ever be free of their past?

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Allan Radcliffe

Allan Radcliffe was born in Perth, Scotland, and now lives near Edinburgh. His writing has won the Allen Wright Award and the Scottish Book Trust New Writers Award. With an MA from the University of Glasgow, he works as an arts journalist and editor, and is currently a freelance theatre critic and feature writer. His short stories have been published in anthologies including Out There, The Best Gay Short Stories and New Writing Scotland, and broadcast on BBC Radio 4. His debut novel The Old Haunts was published in 2024 and was shortlisted for the Saltire Society First Book Award 2024 and the McKitterick Prize 2024.