Three Novels by Mike Seabrook
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Overview: Michael Seabrook (3 Mar 1950 – 18 Feb 1998), former policeman and novelist. Published by Gay Mens’ Press (GMP)
Genre: Romance, MM, coming-of-age
"Unnatural Relations" (1989)
Fifteen year old Jamie Potten, bullied by his wealthy but belligerent father and unloved by his mother, is hopelessly in love with nineteen year old Christopher. In a chance meeting with the older boy Jamie found someone he could at last talk to, someone who listened and took an interest in him; over time Jamie’s liking for Christopher turned to love, and when he finally acted on his impulses he was delighted to find that love reciprocated. However circumstances would conspire against them and lead to the older boy being arrested and tried on charges of buggery with a minor – this is England in the 1980s.
For Jamie Potten, burdened at fifteen with a bullying father and an uncaring mother, his encounter with nineteen-year-old Chris brings solace and joy. Chris’s love for Jamie, however, leads to his prosecution for ‘buggery with a minor’, with the threat of a heavy prison sentence.
In this gripping yet tender story of two young people facing together a brutal assault on their human rights, Mike Seabrook highlights the iniquitous position of gay teenagers under English law.
"Out of Bounds" (1992)
When handsome seventeen-year-old Stephen Hill joined the cricket club it was only a matter of time before young schoolmaster Graham Curtis fell head over heels in love. Their passionate affair intensified until the threat of exposure became too great. For safety they decided to part temporarily — a separation that tested their commitment more than they imagined: Stephen is courted by his clever, irresistible classmate Richard; Graham is blackmailed by a jealous former lover. Yet, despite all the trials and prejudice, their love proves boundless.
This is a quintessentially ‘English’ book and the plot involves the main protagonists participating in the curiously English game of Cricket. If you know nothing of Cricket, do not let that distract you, just replace it in your mind with the blokey team sport of your choice that involves lots of opportunities for drinking beer.
Following the success of Unnatural Relations and Conduct Unbecoming, Mike Seabrook continues to explore the conflicts and rewards of gay life in a male environment — this time the world of cricket, on which he has contributed essays to the anthologies Quick Singles and Fine Glances.
Growing Pains (1999)
Mike Seabrook’s many fans will remember Stephen Hill, the dashing young cricketer from "Out of Bounds", his teacher and lover Graham, and his clever schoolfriend Richard. Not long after Stephen was forced to leave home, Graham dies in a plane crash, and Steven comes into an unexpected legacy, including a large country pub in Sussex. But as well as the strains this new fortune places on his relationship with Richard, the pair have to confront the homophobia of a group of the villagers, resentful of the changes Stephen and Richard bring into their lives. Things finally come to a head when a young boy is brutally raped and left for dead.
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Out of Bounds
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