{"product_id":"boy-friends-by-michael-pedersen-9780571360062","title":"Boy Friends","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn intimate and original memoir of love, grief, and male friendship by one of Scotland's brightest young talents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'As perfect a portrait of friendship as I've ever read.'\u003c\/em\u003e - STEPHEN FRY\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Lucid, lyrical, loaded . . . A love letter to friendship.'\u003c\/em\u003e - JACKIE KAY\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A lovely book: bright and heartfelt, funny and refreshing.'\u003c\/em\u003e - ANDREW O'HAGAN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A beautiful, moving, life-affirming book.'\u003c\/em\u003e - IAN RANKIN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFriendships might just be the greatest love affairs of our lives . . .\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cem\u003eBoy Friends\u003c\/em\u003e sees Pedersen illuminate these companions with a poet's eye, a comedian's timing - and a lover's care.\u003c\/em\u003e - \u003cem\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePedersen is an enthralling narrator and his prose is poetic, written with enough electricity that it seems to jolt off the page. It is riotously funny. \u003cem\u003eBoy Friends\u003c\/em\u003e opens up conversations about vulnerable subjects: the brunt of suicide, the circumstances of certain types of Scottish masculinity, and where friendships fit into that. - \u003cem\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46543228109036,"sku":"9780571360062","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/11276733482391.jpg?v=1749739493","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/boy-friends-by-michael-pedersen-9780571360062","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}