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Does this have a happy or tragic ending?

Liam Ostermann You probably won't like my answer - it doesn't have a obviously happy ending in a conventional way - most honestly it could be said to be unresolved -…moreYou probably won't like my answer - it doesn't have a obviously happy ending in a conventional way - most honestly it could be said to be unresolved - but in the sense that it is not conventionally happy it might be said to be unhappy. The novel is an examination of life for a gay, young man (at the start of the novel - less obviously young by the end - but not conventionally old) during the 1980s, so it was a time of great change, both for gay men and for Britain as a whole - it was the era of Margaret Thatcher - but it ended, for gay men, with considerable change in societal attitudes and AIDS - so it as toss up as to whether it can be seen as happy or sad. A bit like life really. Literary novels like this very rarely have easy stories to tell.(less)

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I picked this book up at a library sale because it sounded like something that I would love to read ( I love all things British!). I'd like to know if there is a lot of detailed sex, which I don't care to read about whether it's straight OR Gay. So, could someone help me out here? Thanks.

Callie I just finished reading this book for a school project, and there are quite a lot of sex scenes (which I was not prepared for). I wouldn't say it's ve…moreI just finished reading this book for a school project, and there are quite a lot of sex scenes (which I was not prepared for). I wouldn't say it's very detailed for the most part, but in some instances, it can be pretty graphic, especially in the language.(less)

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