{"product_id":"some-men-in-london-queer-life-1945-1959-9780241370612","title":"Some Men in London: Queer Life, 1945-1959","description":"\u003cp\u003e**A TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR**\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e'Quite simply, this book is a work of genius' Matthew Parris, Spectator\u003cbr\u003e\n 'An essential study of post-war gay London life... one of the best anthologies I have ever read' John Self, Observer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eThe first part of a major new anthology which uncovers the rich reality of life for queer men in London\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\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\u003e\n In 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\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. Some Men In London 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":"Peter Parker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49060684431611,"sku":"9780241370612","price":35.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0806\/8176\/3067\/files\/419f51a5f157a3934ec80861db56d98c_jpg.webp?v=1783665717","url":"https:\/\/aureliabooks.co.nz\/products\/some-men-in-london-queer-life-1945-1959-9780241370612","provider":"Aurelia Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}