An intimate and original memoir of grief and male friendship by one of Scotland's brightest young talents. 'With a dazzling and inventive use of language . this sweetly unconventional work, whilst dripping in raw grief, is uncommonly romantic, irreverent and at times laugh out loud funny. A delight.' SHIRLEY MANSON '[Pedersen's] unique signature of honest vulnerability and bravery is always arresting and generous in a world where most find it safer to dampen and cloak their true spirit. Praise be for all this book brings us.' EWAN BREMNER We will make and lose more friends than any other category of relation encountered - how utterly vital, then, to relish such beauty. 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 his 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.