Sucking Feijoas

story telling at its best: intelligent entertaining insightful passionate... - Peter Burton Gay Mens Press UKGeorge thinks hes a real man...until he is seduced by an American serviceman on duty in New Zealand during WW2.Neddy the son of Lebanese migrants marries a peasant girl in an attempt to overcome his attraction to men.Garth an intellectual working-class Catholic boy escapes to Mexico but eventually returns to reveal a painful secret.Set in New Zealand Lebanon and Mexico between 1942 and 1986 SUCKING FEIJOAS follows the lives of gay men and how with ingenuity courage and love they managed their lives - despite the odds. Now in its third edition this deeply engaging story about sexuality class race and the culture wars that surrounded them is as relevant as ever. SUCKING FEIJOAS is riveting storytelling gay history empowering.Im a great fan of this classic of gay literature nostalgic yet tormented unforgettable. - Praise from Fay Weldon