Anintimateandoriginalmemoiroflove,griefandmalefriendshipbyoneofScotland’sbrightestyoungtalents.Everfeellikeyouwerefatedtobefriendswithsomeone?Analchemyinyourmeeting,instantfondness-partchemical,partkismet.ThisishowI’vefeltabouteveryfriendI’vefalleninlovewith-nonesomuchasyou.In2018,MichaelPedersenlostamostcherishedfriendsoonaftertheircollectivevoyageintothelandscapeandluminosityoftheScottishHighlands.SittingatadeskatTheCurfewTower,NorthernIreland,Michaelbeginstowritetohisdepartedfriend-ScottHutchison.Whatstartsasalovelettertoonemagical,coruscatinghumansoonbecomesapaeantomanyfriendships-perhapsallfriendship.InBoyFriends,Pedersenconfrontsthebewilderingprocessofgrief.Asmemoriesrisetothesurface-bothheart-wrenchingandhilarious-herecallshisyoungerself:theoverlysensitiveboygrowingupinworking-classEdinburgh;hisbefuddlingstintinanancientcollegiateuniversity;ashort-lived,combustiblecareerasalawyer;and,foremost,thegorgeousmalefriendshipsthathavetransformedhislife.Writtentoglitter,withintoxicatingenergy,BoyFriendsisapowerfuldepictionoffriendshipandloss,ahomagetothebeautyofmomentsshared.
