The Sea From Above

Two men have a love affair in the late 1950s. The pair meet on the set of a film being shot on location in Italy. They each tell their version in their own voices.

One of them - 19 when the book begins - is from working-class Leeds in the north of England, and only recently inducted into London's furtive gay scene in an age when same sex love is illegal.

The other is a stuntman and a veteran of World War Two. He is ill at ease with his stunt colleagues and troubled by his sexuality.

When at l...