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A review by esperata
Man's World by Rupert Smith
3.0
Essentially a comparison of life for gay men in the late 1950s to that of those today. Perhaps best summed up by the quote "You had it all handed to you on a plate and you never stopped to wonder who put it there".
There are two different stories which echo each other in many respects and which converge in the modern day. I was more interested by the story from 1957. It is hard for someone of my age to realise that until very recently homosexuality was illegal and they attempted 'cures'. Which is I suppose the point of this book, and the modern story is therefore necessary to bring that change of freedom to the fore, but I get bored of reading about gay men always sleeping around and doing drugs. It was necessary for the plot to have impact though.
There are two different stories which echo each other in many respects and which converge in the modern day. I was more interested by the story from 1957. It is hard for someone of my age to realise that until very recently homosexuality was illegal and they attempted 'cures'. Which is I suppose the point of this book, and the modern story is therefore necessary to bring that change of freedom to the fore, but I get bored of reading about gay men always sleeping around and doing drugs. It was necessary for the plot to have impact though.