Peter Parker Some Men In London: Queer Life, 1945-1959 Hardback Book

A TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEARQuite simply, this book is a work of genius Matthew Parris, The SpectatorAn essential study of postwar gay London life... one of the best anthologies I have ever read John Self, The ObserverWith its wideranging selection, generous biographical notes and provocative bibliography, Some Men in London is a serious and important contribution to our understanding of Britain up to today Fiona Sampson, The TabletAn absolutely extraordinary book ... about actually what life was like for homosexual men in London in the 1940s and the 1950s... Its amazing Dominic Sandbrook The first part of a major new anthology which uncovers the rich reality of life for queer men in LondonIn the 1940s, it was believed that homosexuality had been becoming more widespread in the aftermath of war. A moral panic ensued, centred around London as the place to which gay men gravitated. In a major new anthology, Peter Parker explores what it was actually like for queer men in London in this period, whether they were wellknown figures such as John Gielgud, Chips Channon and E.M. Forster, or living lives of quiet or occasionally rowdy anonymity in pubs, clubs, more public places of assignation, or at home. It is rich with letters, diaries, psychological textbooks, novels, films, plays and police records, covering a wide range of viewpoints, from those who deplored homosexuality to those who campaigned for its decriminalisation. This first volume, from 1945... | Peter Parker Some Men In London: Queer Life, 1945-1959 Hardback Book