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Jan 14, 2014 · A lesser known novel on Mod culture, Gillian Freeman's The Leather Boys breaks from the kitchen sink dramas of the 1960s in the then taboo homosexual relations between teenaged Dick and married too young to an unfaithful wife Reggie.
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Nov 16, 2013 · The first novel to offer an authentic portrayal of love between ordinary, working-class young men, Gillian Freeman's The Leather Boys (1961) is a groundbreaking classic of gay fiction that remains moving and compelling today.
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Eliot George, Gillian Freeman. The leather boys are the boys on the bikes, the boys who do a ton on the by-pass. For their expensive machines, they need expensive leather jackets. They are an aimless, lawless, cowardly and vain lot with a peacock quality to their clothes and hair style.
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"1960 and in the slums of South London two teenage boys discover each other in a motorbike gang. Their friendship develops in this tough male society of petty crime, almost imperceptibly, it...
Jan 14, 2014 · The first novel to offer an authentic portrayal of love between ordinary, working-class young men, Gillian Freeman's The Leather Boys (1961) is a groundbreaking classic of gay fiction that remains moving and compelling today.
Oct 5, 2021 · Dick and Reggie are 'leather boys', working-class London teens with an affinity for leather jackets and motorcycles who become friends through their involvement in a gang.
