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Parallel Lives
Book by Burton, Peter
- GenresNonfictionLGBT
128 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1985
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May 7, 2024
A slim but interesting account of life in London after WWII, with a special focus on the history of what has become known as gay publishing.
Written in about 1981 I could not help but wonder how many of these people survived another decade (Burton died in 2011). I did wish it was fleshed out more — a passing reference to a 1977 blasphemy trial was never expanded upon although what on earth was that all about? Blasphemy? in 1977? Good heavens!
Written in about 1981 I could not help but wonder how many of these people survived another decade (Burton died in 2011). I did wish it was fleshed out more — a passing reference to a 1977 blasphemy trial was never expanded upon although what on earth was that all about? Blasphemy? in 1977? Good heavens!
November 9, 2017
get you, girl--don't be naff, bury your eek in this memoir for an intro to polari
May 8, 2024
Interesting recollections of gay life from the sixties up to emergence of HIV and covering the emergence of gay press in UK.
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