Book description
It's 1972 and as the dreams of the sixties give way to anger and
political unrest, the charismatic anarchist Declan O'Connell commits
suicide, leaving his boyfriend Pearson and fellow squatter Nina to try
to make sense of what has happened. Enter Sweet Thing, a streetwise rent
boy, who has an uncanny hold over glam rock star Johnny Chrome; and in
the wings lurks Detective Sergeant Walker of the newly formed Bomb
Squad, who knows more about O'Connell than anyone ever suspected. The
course of all their lives is about to change forever - for better and
for worse. In this taut, powerful novel, Jake Arnott portrays four
people searching for a sense of identity, their emotional and sexual
turmoil mirrored by the turbulence of the times. Bringing that era
vividly to life, he captures the mood of Britain at a turning point in
history.
