Gillian Freeman is among the finest contemporary novelists. - Brigid Brophy, New Statesman



Realistic and unsentimental ... Their relationship is handled with delicacy and has an authentic ring. - Sunday Telegraph



[S]ober and scrupulously documented ... accurately and touchingly demonstrates the unselfconscious and comparatively guiltless love which working-class men often feel for each other. - Time and Tide



Dick and Reggie are leather boys, working-class London teens with an affinity for leather jackets and motorcycles who become friends...