"Growing up gay, beginning as a teenager to realize what you are... Just when everyone else is becoming involved with the opposite sex, you're alone in having to hide your feelings. It's impossible to talk to anyone. It's not something you want to blurt out to your parents, your teachers -- or the boy you fancy. The only salvation is to find people like yourself. And that's a big step. A very big step".In the early 1980s, this best-selling coming-out novel broke new ground as a positive image of growing up gay. "The best fictional guide for gay youth that has yet appeared" (Identity). "A more convincing portrayal of gay coming-of-age isn't to be had" (Mister). Fifteen years on, it keeps its appeal to the young-at-heart of any age.