![]() or are his collaborators just not brave enough? Although the book makes a science-based argument for change when it comes to the status and treatment of gay men, publishing the book is of course dangerous, and Addington's intense emotional involvement, his grief and his guilt pose an additional threat. Instead of breaking apart, Addington decides to break free: Together with Henry Ellis, a doctor who has never had sex, but holds an academic interest in it, he starts to write a book about the lives (and the suffering) of English gay man who at the time were facing criminal charges when found out. ![]() ![]() An excellent debut with wonderfully rendered characters and an absorbing plot about homophobia in Victorian-era England: The novel centers on a wealthy gay writer, John Addington, who cannot longer endure his closeted life and his marriage to a woman, especially as he is acutely aware that he wrongs his wife and their three daughters by using them as a shield. ![]()
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