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1980s. ‘The decade of the gay novel’

Gay in the 80s Posted on February 25, 2013 by Colin ClewsFebruary 22, 2021

In 1983, The Bookseller magazine – the trade publication for the UK book industry – declared that the 1980s would be ‘the decade of the gay novel’. Certainly,in the early years of that decade there was considerable evidence to support … Continue reading →

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