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Boy Friends - by Michael Pedersen (Paperback)

Name: Boy Friends - by Michael Pedersen (Paperback)
Brand: Faber & Faber
SKU: 87364572
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An intimate and original memoir of love, grief and male friendship by one of Scotland's brightest young talents.
Author(s): Michael Pedersen
240 Pages
Biography + Autobiography, Personal Memoirs

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Book Synopsis

An intimate and original memoir of love, grief and male friendship by one of Scotland's brightest young talents.

Ever feel like you were fated to be friends with someone? An alchemy in your meeting, instant fondness - part chemical, part kismet. This is how I've felt about every friend I've fallen in love with - none so much as you.

In 2018, Michael Pedersen lost a most cherished friend soon after their collective voyage into the landscape and luminosity of the Scottish Highlands. Sitting at a desk at The Curfew Tower, Northern Ireland, Michael begins to write to his departed friend - Scott Hutchison. What starts as a love letter to one magical, coruscating human soon becomes a paean to many friendships - perhaps all friendship.

In Boy Friends, Pedersen confronts the bewildering process of grief. As memories rise to the surface - both heart-wrenching and hilarious - he recalls his younger self: the overly sensitive boy growing up in working-class Edinburgh; his befuddling stint in an ancient collegiate university; a short-lived, combustible career as a lawyer; and, foremost, the gorgeous male friendships that have transformed his life.

Written to glitter, with intoxicating energy, Boy Friends is a powerful depiction of friendship and loss, a homage to the beauty of moments shared.

Review Quotes

"Enchanting and astonishingly 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

"A beautiful, moving, life-affirming book about a beautiful, moving, life-affirming friendship." -- IAN RANKIN

"A tender, funny rebuttal to toxic masculinity." -- VAL MCDERMID

"The Scottish poet's memoir reflects touchingly on male friendship and masculinity . . . Pedersen pays tender tribute to his late pal." -- Guardian

Specifications

Dimensions (Overall): 7.7 Inches (H) x 5.0 Inches (W) x .7 Inches (D)

Weight: .45 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Sub-Genre: Personal Memoirs

Genre: Biography + Autobiography

Number of Pages: 240

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Format: Paperback

Author: Michael Pedersen

Language: English

Street Date: July 11, 2023

TCIN: 87364572

UPC: 9780571360062

Item Number (DPCI): 247-20-9702

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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