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Oct 5, 2021 · 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.
characters in elevated settings. Gillian Freeman’s The Leather Boys (1961), on the other hand, focused on two eighteen-year-old gang members in seedy South London. Unlike Yourcenar ’s and Renault’s protagonists Freeman’s central characters, Dick and Reggie, are civilians; nevertheless th ey wear a
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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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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.
"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...
