Boy Friends
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.
Praise for Boy Friends
‘Enchanting, astonishingly compelling…rare and to be treasured.’
— Stephen Fry
‘Lucid, lyrical, loaded…a love letter to friendship.’
— Jackie Kay
‘Uncommonly romantic and laugh out loud funny.’
— Shirley Manson
‘A master of words. He plays them like music.’
— Kae Tempest
‘Will have your heart throbbing for friendship.’
— Sara Pascoe
‘Every sentence sparkles. I loved this book.’
— Maggie Smith
‘Beautiful. Tugs at every heartstring I have.’
— Charlotte Church
‘Joyful & comic with a stone of sadness at the centre.’
— David Shrigley