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Overview'An affecting, vividly illuminating evocation of a lost landscape and its inhabitants' Francis Wheen For 60 years Mr George Leo John Lucas led a double life. By day, he was a civil servant at the Board of Trade, but by night - unable to live openly as a gay man before the Sexual Offences Act of 1967 - he was a fixture of London's colourful underground gay scene, a twilight world of petty crime, louche pubs and public lavatories. He was also an obsessive diary writer. When Mr Lucas died in 2014 he left his diaries to the journalist Hugo Greenhalgh. This book combines Mr Lucas's deliciously indiscreet entries over the course of the 1960s with Greenhalgh's razor-sharp historical insights. Together they give a vivid, one-of-a-kind account of gay life that has been overlooked. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Hugo GreenhalghPublisher: Atlantic Books Imprint: Atlantic Books Edition: Main Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 22.30cm Weight: 0.433kg ISBN: 9781838958121ISBN 10: 1838958126 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 02 May 2024 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Forthcoming Availability: Not yet available  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of Contents1: George Leo John Lucas 2: The Early Years 3: A Fateful Night in Germany 4: The Tragic Tale of Flannan O'Hehir 5: Irish Peter 6: England on Trial 7: A Brush with the Krays 8: Out On the Scene 9: The Slow Train to Ireland 10: Sex, Money and Death 11: The Death of Mr LucasReviewsThe diaries of Mr Lucas - civil servant by day, outlaw by night - expose a whole hidden layer of English life. Mr Lucas's chronicle is sometimes comically Pooterish, sometimes startlingly louche, but ultimately it becomes an affecting, vividly illuminating evocation of a lost landscape and its inhabitants * Francis Wheen, author of How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World * A wonderful, poignant book which acts as further evidence that queer men often seem to make for the best diarists. The Diaries of Mr Lucas shines a light not only on still little-known LGBT+ histories, but also a complex, seedy, characterful London now lost to us. * Luke Turner, author of Out of the Woods * I absolutely love this book. I couldn't get enough of the outrageousness, the unbridled indiscretion, the danger, the blackmail and the lust for love. The Diaries of Mr Lucas is a real page turner, told with panache and affection. * Lord Michael Cashman, author of One of Them * By turns tender-hearted, romantic, obsessive and plain scared, through his diaries Mr Lucas offers an important commentary on a period of sexual repression now largely forgotten. Both his ongoing internal battles with temptation and the insight he offers into the backstage lives and doings of the prominent figures around him draw irresistible and justifiable parallels with Samuel Pepys * Sarah Burton, author of The Strange Adventures of H * At once heartfelt and hilarious, Hugo Greenhalgh's selection from Mr Lucas's diaries offers a sympathetic and occasionally steamed-up window onto a previously hidden world * Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, author of The Story of Alice * At turns funny, frustrating, poignant and thrilling, this book is so much more than a secret diary of 20th century gay life. Hugo Greenhalgh provides avuncular commentary and crucial context, shining a light on overlooked aspects of British social history. * Paul Baker, author of Fabulosa! * The diaries of Mr Lucas - civil servant by day, outlaw by night - expose a whole hidden layer of English life. Mr Lucas's chronicle is sometimes comically Pooterish, sometimes startlingly louche, but ultimately it becomes an affecting, vividly illuminating evocation of a lost landscape and its inhabitants * Francis Wheen, author of How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World * A wonderful, poignant book which acts as further evidence that queer men often seem to make for the best diarists. The Diaries of Mr Lucas shines a light not only on still little-known LGBT+ histories, but also a complex, seedy, characterful London now lost to us. * Luke Turner, author of Out of the Woods * I absolutely love this book. I couldn't get enough of the outrageousness, the unbridled indiscretion, the danger, the blackmail and the lust for love. The Diaries of Mr Lucas is a real page turner, told with panache and affection. * Lord Michael Cashman, author of One of Them * At once heartfelt and hilarious, Hugo Greenhalgh's selection from Mr Lucas's diaries offers a sympathetic and occasionally steamed-up window onto a previously hidden world * Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, author of The Story of Alice * By turns tender-hearted, romantic, obsessive and plain scared, through his diaries Mr Lucas offers an important commentary on a period of sexual repression now largely forgotten. Both his ongoing internal battles with temptation and the insight he offers into the backstage lives and doings of the prominent figures around him draw irresistible and justifiable parallels with Samuel Pepys * Sarah Burton, author of The Strange Adventures of H * At turns funny, frustrating, poignant and thrilling, this book is so much more than a secret diary of 20th century gay life. Hugo Greenhalgh provides avuncular commentary and crucial context, shining a light on overlooked aspects of British social history. * Paul Baker, author of Fabulosa! * At turns funny, frustrating, poignant and thrilling, this book is so much more than a secret diary of 20th century gay life. Hugo Greenhalgh provides avuncular commentary and crucial context, shining a light on overlooked aspects of British social history. * Paul Baker, author of Fabulosa! * I absolutely love this book. I couldn't get enough of the outrageousness, the unbridled indiscretion, the danger, the blackmail and the lust for love. The Diaries of Mr Lucas is a real page turner, told with panache and affection. * Lord Michael Cashman, author of One of Them * Author InformationHugo Greenhalgh has been a journalist for more than 25 years. He is the editor of Openly, the LGBTQ+ news website from the Thomson Reuters Foundation. Before that he worked for the Financial Times. He has been nominated for the European Press Prize, Amnesty International's Media Awards and the GLAAD Media Awards. He is also a former activist. Aged 19, he took the British Government to the European Court of Human Rights over the gay male age of consent in the UK. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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