{"product_id":"some-men-in-london-queer-life-19451959-9780241370605","title":"Some Men In London Queer Life 19451959","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**A \u003ci\u003eTIMES \u003c\/i\u003eAND \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR**\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eQuite simply, this book is a work of genius\u003c\/b\u003e - Matthew Parris, \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn essential study of post-war gay London life... one of the best anthologies I have ever read\u003c\/b\u003e - John Self, \u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith it's wide-ranging selection, generous biographical notes and provocative bibliography, \u003ci\u003eSome Men in London\u003c\/i\u003e is a serious and important contribution to our understanding of Britain up to today - \u003c\/b\u003eFiona Sampson, \u003ci\u003eThe Tablet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn absolutely extraordinary book  about actually what life was like for homosexual men in London in the 1940s and the 1950s It's amazing \u003c\/b\u003e- Dominic Sandbrook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first part of a major new anthology which uncovers the rich reality of life for queer men in London\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003eIn a major new anthology, Peter Parker explores what it was actually like for queer men in London in this period, whether they were well-known 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis first volume, from 1945 to 1959, details a community forced to live at constant risk of blackmail or prison. Yet it also shows a thriving and joyous subculture, one that enriched a mainstream culture often ignorant of its debt to gay creators. \u003ci\u003eSome Men In London\u003c\/i\u003e is a testament to queer life, which was always much more complex than newspapers, governments and the Metropolitan Police Force imagined.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400390320471,"sku":"9780241370605","price":24.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780241370605.jpg?v=1730470576","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/some-men-in-london-queer-life-19451959-9780241370605","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}