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Time of Obsessions (The Nick & Greg Books Book 2)

Name: Time of Obsessions (The Nick & Greg Books Book 2)
Rating: 4.4 (19 reviews)
Author: John Roman Baker

by John Roman Baker

4.4 (19)

England 1961. Eighteen year old Greg leaves home and embarks on a life that will be driven more by chance than by choice. In Brighton he tries to expand his horizons and explore his sexuality but Nick remains his secret obsession. Soon he is on the run again, this time to London where he immerses himself in the vibrant scene developing in Chelsea. Clubs like the Gateways and Le Gigolo provide a kind of refuge, but Greg finds he is constantly having to look over his shoulder.

In the second book in the Nick & Greg series, John Roman Baker shifts the reader’s attention to Greg and in prose that is rich in atmosphere and period detail he brings to life the early sixties when so much was changing but homosexuality was still against the law. The gay scene that was emerging in Chelsea in legendary clubs like The Gateways and Le Gigolo is vividly portrayed along with changing social attitudes to sex, personal freedom and money.

“I look forward to reading more of the adventures of these two tender tearaway queers.” GScene Magazine (Nick & Greg)

“A wonderful and brutally honest job … a special treat.” Amos Lassen Reviews (Nick & Greg)

Time of Obsessions is the second book in the Nick & Greg series by John Roman Baker.

The Nick & Greg books chart the lives of two friends Nick and Greg from their first meeting at the age of fourteen one afternoon after school in late 1957, through their teenage adventures in the swinging sixties, to young maturity and the gay liberation of the 1970s.

From the outset, despite being against the law, Nick and Greg are sexually uninhibited and adventurous and seek to experience all that life and society have to offer. As time passes they find new friendships and relationship but, like two sides of one coin, they retain an inextricable bond.

Set predominantly in Brighton, the ‘gay capital of England’, the author creates a vivid kaleidoscope of the times, taking in Swinging Sixties London and post-’68 Paris, that includes many cultural reference points notably in gay literature, popular music, film and theatre as well as documenting social and political changes.

A British Tales of the City, Nick and Greg will charm, intrigue, excite and leave you longing for their next adventure.