Conduct Unbecoming by Mike Seabrook (1992~Trade Paperback~Gay Fiction)

Description: "Bright, idealistic, and a touch naive, 23-year-old Bob Chambers seems launched on a successful career in the Metropolitan Police. But one day he is assigned to the importuning squad, trusted with surveillance - and more - in public toilets. The drama that unfolds shows a complex conflict of loyalties, leading from Bob's operation as agent provocateur to unsuspected discoveries about his own sexuality and the inevitable conflict with his superiors. A former policeman himself, Mike Seabrook conveys a unique insider's view on one of the most insidious aspects of policing in Britain today. Like his first novel Unnatural Relations, here again is both a highly charged novel of intrigue and an important social document" -- Back cover. Bob Chambers, a young and naïve copper is assigned to the importuning squad, undercover surveillance of public lavatories. His senior (police) partner persuades him to act as an agent provocateur in order to bring in more arrests. It is through this deceptive entrapment, that he realises he is in fact also gay.The novel is written by an ex policeman according to the blurb and is most probably an accurate account of the importuning squads back in the 1980's and 90's. Thankfully, at least in Western Europe, we have moved on from such barbaric practices used to entrap gay men.

Price: 14 USD

Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida

End Time: 2025-01-28T19:54:19.000Z

Shipping Cost: 4.67 USD