I Am Not Raymond Wallace

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This in no way makes me more likely to give the book a glowing review because when we used to sit together in school orchestra, he was quite annoying.

Raymond Wallace, a recent graduate of Cambridge of age 21, arrives in NYC in the summer of 1963 for a 3-month internship with the NY Times. PLEASE NOTE: From 1st of July 2021, shipments from the UK to EU countries will be subject to Value Added Tax (VAT) charges.It wasn't what I was expecting, in terms of the method of story telling, being a story within a story, but I just loved it. He does a good job of evoking those times, the shame, the fear and paranoia, the hiding and recognition codes.

I couldn't put this book down, I had to make myself when I had things to do, otherwise I would have sat in one place until I finished it. There has been a much-deserved revision of Stonewall and pre-Stonewall history in recent years, shifting focus from white men to people of color - and in particular, trans people of color - who bore the brunt of police violence and who played an outsized role in activist circles. On an undercover assignment, a secret world is revealed to Raymond: a world in which he need no longer pretend to be something or someone he cannot be; a world in which he meets Joey.The sex scenes are quite frank, so I couldn't give it to my 88 year old mother, but if you're OK with those, I would recommend it and I look forward to any future novels. I feel that if you enjoyed books like Lie with Me or Swimming in the Dark (two of my absolute favourite books) you'll also love this book. It reminds us how bad things were for LGBT+ people within living memory - and indeed continue to be in many countries around the world. It’s shocking to remember that Raymond had come from a country four years away from decriminalising his sexuality, and, of course, it would be many more years before same sex relationships could be both celebrated and recognised in law. Opening in 1963, it follows a Cambridge undergraduate, fresh out of college, who’s won a three-month bursary at The New York Times and meets the love of his life.