A Way of Love by James Courage

Pre-Order  Publishes 24th September 2026
 
First published in 1959, this is a welcome reissue of a novel that's been out of print for decades.
 
 A Way of Love charts the charged connection between Bruce, a composed, worldly architect, and Philip, a younger man still wrestling with his identity. Their brief encounter after a concert ignites a bond that neither can forget. Set against the shadows of late-1950s London, the novel follows their attempt to built a life together amid generational differences, emotional volatility, and the pressures of a homophobic society governed by prejudice and restrictive laws.
 
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'Beautifully written, like all Courage’s fiction, and leavened by wry humour, A Way of Love provides a varied and sharply observed portrait of gay life in the 1950s’ —Peter Parker