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- ISBN 9781914148804
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 13 Nov 2025
- Publisher: Fairlight Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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From Scotland's National Book Awards and McKitterick Prize shortlisted author Allan Radcliffe
An Irish Independent best book of 2025
'I mean, it's nothing really. An old face from the past.'
Two men meet on a dating app. It's supposed to be a casual encounter between strangers. Jordan is only back in Edinburgh to visit his complicated family, and Davie is reeling from a painful breakup.
Yet Davie recognises Jordan as someone he knew long ago, when they were both closeted teenagers at the same school. Back then, Jordan was relentlessly bullied - and Davie was one of the bullies. But Jordan doesn't remember him at all.
Against the backdrop of a city steeped in memories, Davie and Jordan find themselves drawn together again and again. A fragile intimacy blossoms between them, but can anyone ever be free of their past?
PRAISE FOR ALLAN RADCLIFFE'S WRITING
'Each and every sentence has been so elegantly penned' -The Scots Magazine
'So gentle, so warm, so human' -Rick O'Shea
'There is much to admire... from the elegance and economy of the writing to the understanding of the emotional difficulties' -The Scotsman
Allan Radcliffe is a multi award winning and shortlisted author from Scotland. His writing has won the Allen Wright Award and the Scottish Book Trust New Writers Award, and his debut novel The Old Haunts was shortlisted for both the Saltire Society First Book Award and the McKitterick Prize in 2024.
His short stories have been published in anthologies including Out There, The Best Gay Short Stories and New Writing Scotland, and broadcast on BBC Radio 4.
With an MA from the University of Glasgow, Allan Radcliffe works as an arts journalist and editor, and is currently a freelance theatre critic and feature writer. He was born in Perth, Scotland, and now lives near Edinburgh.
