London Triptych

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Three men, three lives and three eras sinuously entwine in a dark, startling and unsettling narrative of sex, exploitation and dependence set against London's strangely constant gay underworld.

Jack Rose begins his apprenticeship as a rent boy with Alfred Taylor in the 1890s, and finds a life of pleasure and excess leads him to new friendships - most notably with the soon-to-be infamous Oscar Wilde. A century later, David tells his own tale of unashamed decadence while waiting to be released from prison, addressing his story to the lover who betrayed him. Where their paths cross, in the politically sensitive 1950s, the artist Colin Read tentatively explores his sexuality as he draws in preparation for his most ambitious painting yet - 'London Triptych'. Rent boys, aristocrats, artists and felons populate this bold dbut as Jonathan Kemp skilfully interweaves the lives and loves of three very different men across the decades.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9780956251534
Published: August 2010

Number of pages: 256
Width: 129 mm
Height: 198 mm
Depth: not specified

Publisher: Myriad Editions