The Charioteer

The charioteer was published in 1953 and about a second world war soldier coming to terms with his homosexuality or trying to. It is a very vivid portrait of gay life in the 40s, though there are these moments where somebody comes in for a snog. And it's clear that she sort of disapproves of this, she thinks it's all rather sort of disgusting,. Even though actually her closest friends in South Africa, which was where really she gathered the material for the charity - they're all gay men.