a secret that could change political historyIt is 1987, and Tommy Wildeblood has put his days as a Piccadilly Circus rent-boy long behind him.
Slightly to his own surprise, he is now a rookie teacher at a South London comprehensive.But when Margaret Thatcher\'s government launches a chilling attack on the \'promotion\' of homosexuality in a new law known as Section 28, Tommy can\'t stay silent - especially when he realises he may have information about one of Thatcher\'s key lieutenants that could change the political situation completely.Forming an uneasy alliance with a sharp-elbowed tabloid journalist, and delving deep back into his past on the \'Dilly\', he puts everything on the line - for both himself and his old friends - in a desperate bid to expose the truth.With his trademark blend of historical research and \'what if\' fiction, Adam Macqueen captures the spirit of a frightening age in another spellbinding case that lifts the lid on the Eighties political establishment\'s murkiest secrets.
In the age of AIDS and Section 28: a secret that could change political historyIt is 1987, and Tommy Wildeblood has put his days as a Piccadilly Circus rent-boy long behind him. Slightly to his own surprise, he is now a rookie teacher at a South London comprehensive.But when Margaret Thatcher\'s government launches a chilling attack on the \'promotion\' of homosexuality in a new law known as Section 28, Tommy can\'t stay silent - especially when he realises he may have information about one of Thatcher\'s key lieutenants that could change the political situation completely.Forming an uneasy alliance with a sharp-elbowed tabloid journalist, and delving deep back into his past on the \'Dilly\', he puts everything on the line - for both himself and his old friends - in a desperate bid to expose the truth.With his trademark blend of historical research and \'what if\' fiction, Adam Macqueen captures the spirit of a frightening age in another spellbinding case that lifts the lid on the Eighties political establishment\'s murkiest secrets. Σελίδες: 418, Έτος Έκδοσης: 0916, Διαστάσεις: 12.9x12.9cm