12-15-2025, 07:05 PM
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.