
ABOUT THIS BOOK
PUBLISHER: Faber & Faber
FORMAT: Hardback
ISBN: 9780571360055
RRP: £14.99
PAGES: 240
PUBLICATION DATE:
July 7, 2022
BUY THIS BOOK
As an Amazon Associate and Bookshop.org affiliate we earn from qualifying purchases.
Boy Friends
Michael Pedersen
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.
Reviews of Boy Friends
'As perfect a portrait of friendship as I've 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 might just 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
Michael Pedersen
Michael Pedersen is a prize-winning poet and animateur. He has published two successful chapbooks and an acclaimed debut collection Play With Me (Polygon). His second collection, Oyster, surfaced in 2017, also with Polygon, and was illustrated by and performed as a live show with Frightened Rabbit’s Scott Hutchison. Boy Friends is his first book of prose.