Love, Leda
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Quick take
Caffinated and pacy, we meet the whimisical Leda as he makes his way around 1960s London. Existential, whimsical, poetic.
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Why we love it
It's rare to hear from a working-class queer writer in 1960s literature, and I loved the insight into Leda's life. His days are measured by cups of coffee, cups of tea, and the favours and shillings they cost him. We meet him in his 20s, an existential, whimsical young man harbouring an unrequited love for a married straight man, and glimpse a series of days in his life.
"It's mid morning. Cool. Not many coffee bars open. I, the brave one, god of any telephone kiosk, walk down Dean Street, see the man of the day; raincoat, shoulders round, hair black, falling out; heavenly blue eyes cast down into his own...
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Suicide attempt
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