' Nelson's] style is swift and straightforward, his narrative gift considerable ... Consistently diverting, this may be the novel about homosexuality to end all novels on the subject .. . W]ill make many a reader's day.' - Julian MacLaren-Ross, "Punch" 'Talented, amusing ... the story is told with sustained suspense: the various men in it are not merely types, but flesh and blood, even if one wishes that Patrick had never been born.' - John Betjeman, "Daily Telegraph" 'Odiously funny and delightf