Private Worlds
Growing Up Gay in Post-War Britain
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Pluto Press
Published:20th Apr '23
Should be back in stock very soon
*Shortlisted for the The TLS Ackerley Prize 2024*
'All profound relationships have the quality of being a folie a deux; an intimate departure from reality, an imaginative creation of a world apart; perhaps this is a way of calling forth meaning – the merging of senseless subjectivities.'
In 1950s suburban England, a friendship bloomed between Jeremy Seabrook and Michael O’Neill - both gay men coming of age during a time when homosexuality was still a crime. Their relationship was inflected by secrecy and fear; the shadows that had distorted their adolescent years were never wholly dispelled, long into their adult life.
Lyrical, candid and poignant, this is a tale of sexual identity, working-class history and family drama. A memoir of unparalleled authenticity, Private Worlds is an elegy for a doomed friendship.
'Part eulogy, part memoir, this is a wonderfully clear-eyed piece of writing. And for anyone who has ever dreamt of leaving a small-town childhood behind them, this is going to really wring your heart. It certainly did mine'
-- Neil Bartlett, author of 'The DisappearanceISBN: 9780745348421
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 16mm
Weight: unknown
224 pages