{"title":"John Roman Baker","description":"\u003cp\u003eDelve into the thought-provoking works of John Roman Baker, exploring themes of identity, belonging, and the human condition. Perfect for readers who enjoy insightful narratives and character-driven stories.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"crying-celibate-tears-trilogy-book-john-roman-baker-9781409226680","title":"The Crying Celibate Tears Trilogy","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49630470930705,"sku":"GOR013691646","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52737110835473,"sku":"NIN9781409226680","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1409226689.jpg?v=1751018334"},{"product_id":"nick-greg-book-john-roman-baker-9781899713516","title":"Nick \u0026 Greg","description":"\u003cp\u003eBrighton in the late 1950s is a place of excitement and danger for Nick and Greg: two teenagers who meet one day after school. The town is their playground, and with all the innocence and recklessness of youth they run through its streets, uncover its secrets and discover their passionate desires for each other.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGay life thrives in Brighton, but homosexuality is against the law and exists largely behind closed doors, invisible and unspoken. Against this backdrop, Nick seeks to expand his self-awareness through literature and a widening circle of friends. Greg though is constrained by denial, his family ties, and a pattern of increasingly self-destructive behaviour that threatens to unbalance his mind.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eNick \u0026amp; Greg\u003c\/em\u003e, John Roman Baker gives a frank, witty and authentic portrait of the lives of two boys growing up in a period when gay liberation was just a fairy tale and Oscar Wilde was a name to be feared more than any monster on a cinemascope screen.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is the first book in the \u003cem\u003eNick \u0026amp; Greg\u003c\/em\u003e series. It is followed by \u003cem\u003eTime of Obsessions\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eDangerous Seas\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49640560623889,"sku":"GOR008619226","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1899713514.jpg?v=1751315018"},{"product_id":"le-far-west-book-john-roman-baker-9781899713585","title":"Le Far West","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":50519913070865,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":50519913398545,"sku":"NGR9781899713585","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1899713581.jpg?v=1751425708"},{"product_id":"brighton-darkness-book-john-roman-baker-9781899713417","title":"Brighton Darkness","description":"Brighton Darkness is a collection of seventeen stories that mostly relate to that amorphous place called Brighton and Hove: a city of dreams that enfolds both young and old and that must somehow always be returned to. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Two youths in the 1950s experience a gay desire that begins in St Ann's Well Gardens and continues in the back row of the Astoria cinema. An ex-hustler meets a famous male movie star, long since thought to be dead. A birthday party doesn't quite turn out as planned, but has its own unexpected present of truth. A woman looks back upon her past in Regency Square, which is now almost beyond recognition to her. There is an encounter in the city between two Russians who try to come to terms with the tragic death of a young man they both loved. And snow falls in the city, hiding the unseen darkness beneath. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Roman Baker always keeps the narrative tension taut . short stories that linger in the mind long after they've been read. - Gscene Magazine \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e John Roman Baker is a British poet, playwright and novelist who has lived and written in Paris, Amsterdam and Brighton.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51731863077137,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51731863109905,"sku":"GOR014382729","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1899713417.jpg?v=1750769173"},{"product_id":"prostitution-plays-book-john-roman-baker-9781409231455","title":"The Prostitution Plays","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52737111097617,"sku":"NIN9781409231455","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781409231455.jpg?v=1763418801"},{"product_id":"greg-at-the-station-book-john-roman-baker-9781899713677","title":"Greg at the Station","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGreg at the Station\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is the 7th book in the \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNick \u0026amp; Greg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e series, a work unique in gay fiction that chronicles the lives of two lovers, Nick and Greg, from their first teenage encounter in the 1950s through decades of social and sexual revolution. The novel can be read independently or in sequence with the series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eParis, 2019. An incident at the Gare du Nord sends Greg on a rollercoaster journey through dreams and memory. As he navigates the streets and Metro stations of the city, Greg must relive and decipher past events and relationships in all their love, danger, and vibrancy, while trying to make sense of his present reality. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Roman Baker is a British novelist, poet, and playwright whose life and work have been profoundly shaped by the urban landscapes of London, Paris, Amsterdam, and Brighton. These cities serve as the backdrop and inspiration for many of his narratives.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52756013187345,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52756013678865,"sku":"NIN9781899713677","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781899713677.jpg?v=1763575036"},{"product_id":"men-in-their-passions-book-john-roman-baker-9781899713745","title":"Men in their Passions","description":"In this spare and elegiac novel, John Roman Baker traces the emotional aftermath of desire through a series of male relationships-each brief, each flawed, each formative. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJean-Paul moves from the anonymous rooms of Paris to England, and then to Italy. The men he encounters are passionate, self-destructive, and haunted-like himself-by pasts that cannot be undone. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten with understated lyricism and psychological precision, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMen in their Passions \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eis a mosaic of intimate dislocations: a quiet study of longing, resilience, and the lives we almost lived. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart of \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Drift of Time\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, a literary series of standalone novels exploring masculinity, memory, and emotional drift across place and era. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Roman Baker is a British author whose work spans fiction, poetry, and theatre. His writing is known for its emotional clarity, formal elegance, and quiet intensity.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52756013580561,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52756014629137,"sku":"NIN9781899713745","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781899713745.jpg?v=1763575038"},{"product_id":"love-and-cowardice-book-john-roman-baker-9781899713684","title":"Love and Cowardice","description":"Rich in period detail, cultural references, and with many passionate encounters, the Nick \u0026amp; Greg Books by John Roman Baker are unique in popular gay literature. The series follows the lives of two lovers Nick \u0026amp; Greg from their first teenage encounter in the 1950s through decades of social and sexual revolution. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLove and Cowardice is the fifth book in the series. It's 1973, and although gay liberation is part of the texture of Nick's life, he cannot feel the same enthusiasm for it as nineteen-year-old Nathan. Meeting Nathan ends a dry season in Nick's life, and soon there is news of Karel and Bart and, most important to Nick, Greg. Nick enters this new dance of desire, and the roundabout turns, but in a decade of so many desires, will it spin out of control?","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52756177355025,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52756177715473,"sku":"NIN9781899713684","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781899713684.jpg?v=1763575449"},{"product_id":"nick-greg-book-john-roman-baker-9781899713721","title":"Nick \u0026 Greg","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Beginning of an Unforgettable Journey Through Love, Identity, and Time\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrighton, 1957. Fourteen-year-olds Nick and Greg meet by chance after school, sparking a passion that will define the rest of their lives\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGay life \u003c\/b\u003ethrives in Brighton, but homosexuality is against the law and exists largely behind closed doors. Against this backdrop, Nick, introspective and curious, seeks to expand his world through literature and a widening circle of friends. Greg, battling denial and family pressures, embarks on a path fraught with self-destructive behaviour that threatens to consume him. Together, they face the challenges of a society steeped in secrecy and fear. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNick \u0026amp; Greg\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is the first instalment of John Roman Baker's acclaimed seven-part series. Over seven decades, the series follows their journeys from the innocence of youth through the swinging sixties, the liberation and turmoil of the seventies, the shadows of the AIDS crisis in the eighties, and into the reflections of later years. Set against the vibrant backdrops of Brighton, London, and Paris, Nick and Greg's story is as much about place and time as it is about personal discovery. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiscover a Story That Explores: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eEnduring Friendship and Love: \u003c\/b\u003e The unbreakable bond between two individuals navigating the trials of life amidst societal change.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHistorical and Cultural Evolution: \u003c\/b\u003e A vivid portrayal of the gay experience through pivotal moments in history, including clandestine clubs, literary explorations, and the fight for liberation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePersonal Identity and Growth: \u003c\/b\u003e The challenges of self-discovery and authenticity in the face of societal opposition, personal demons, and the complexities of relationships.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for the Nick \u0026amp; Greg Series: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\"A wonderful and brutally honest job... a special treat.\"\u003c\/i\u003e - Amos Lassen Reviews\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\"I look forward to reading more of the adventures of these two tender tearaway queers.\"\u003c\/i\u003e - GScene Magazine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cb\u003eBegin the journey\u003c\/b\u003e with \u003ci\u003eNick \u0026amp; Greg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e a captivating story that will move you, inspire reflection, and leave you eager for the next chapter in their lives.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52756303020305,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52756303446289,"sku":"NIN9781899713721","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781899713721.jpg?v=1763575830"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-john-roman-baker.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}