{"product_id":"indecent-assault-paperback","title":"Indecent Assault - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMartyn Goff\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Martyn Goff handles his theme sensitively and calmly, developing the entangled relationships skilfully and credibly.' - \u003ci\u003eBooks and Bookmen\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Mr Goff writes well. His concern is to show the interaction of private and public life, the effect that a scandal in high places has on those caught up in it. . . . Mr Goff  has] both narrative power and talent.' - \u003ci\u003ePunch\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Mr. Goff writes compassionately and he has a gift for bringing out the drama in people's ordinary confrontations with each other.' - \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e David Coulsdon, an art student, is astonished when his parents finally give him permission to live away from home, allowing him to move in with his gay uncle Julian and his partner, a flamboyant young actor. David's father, Mark, is a cabinet minister with ambitions to become Prime Minister and wants David to keep an eye on Julian to ensure he doesn't do anything scandalous that might harm his political career. His fears prove only too well founded: Julian is arrested and charged with an unthinkable crime, and David is forced to struggle between his loyalty to his father and his friendship for his uncle as he tries to uncover the truth behind the allegations. But the answers he finds are more shocking than he could ever have imagined, and the consequences may prove devastating to them all . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e First published in 1967, the year homosexuality was decriminalized in Great Britain, Martyn Goff's \u003ci\u003eIndecent Assault\u003c\/i\u003e is both a compulsively readable political thriller and a fascinating look at gay men and society's attitudes towards them at a pivotal moment in history. This new edition is the first since 1969 and joins Goff's gay classics \u003ci\u003eThe Plaster Fabric\u003c\/i\u003e (1957) and \u003ci\u003eThe Youngest Director\u003c\/i\u003e (1961), also published by Valancourt.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 196\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.49 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 21, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51751066894624,"sku":"9781939140876","price":32.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e89a183233c684d56b052f20f6f1553a.webp?v=1779963538","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/indecent-assault-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}