BLURRED FACES

Blurred Faces is an elegant tale of fear and intimacies.

'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?

Blurred Faces - Allan Radcliffe - 9781914148804