...This introductory chapter provides a background to Britain’s efforts in reorganizing everyday space and time within postwar London, focusing on the dominant projections of social order, and the various ways in which male same-sex desire was demonized, defended, and negotiated in relief. It talks...

...This chapter talks about the environmental factors and prescriptive geographies that surrounded the public life of books during postwar London. It discusses the popularity of the “vulgar” paperback in London, and how flamboyant book covers challenge the physical relationship of the book on display...