The novel’s title comes from the ancient Roman, Ovid the full quotation is preceded with, “Be patient and tough”. He admires these writers for their elegant and accomplished use of language and their penetrating and sensitive exploration of personal life.įrom 1990 – 1998 he worked for Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, a legal organization that protects and extends the civil rights of gay men, lesbians, and people with HIV/AIDS. He counts among his strongest influences the novels of British women writers such as Rose Macaulay, Barbara Pym, Penelope Mortimer, and Elizabeth Taylor. This book is written in the same sort of engaging language. I had wanted to talk about universities and courses. He said that he was going to join the circus and get ‘as far from here as possible.’ Trying to make polite conversation, I asked him what his plans were now that he had finished his A’ levels. I was once left with a friend’s eighteen-year-old son when she left the room. I got this book because the Chelternham group were doing it and I was not disappointed – indeed I have ordered another of his books – The Weekend. (Not discussed by the group but written in a personal capacity.)
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