Nothing Ever Just Disappears

'Hester is a fizzingly brilliant writer' Robert MacFarlane'Diarmuid Hester's beautifully written psycho-biography explores obscure corners of places as sites of hidden queer histories ... haunted and haunting - totally riveting' Chris KrausAt the turn of the century, in the shade of Cambridge's cloisters, a young E. M. Forster conceals his passion for other men, even as he daydreams about the sun-warmed bodies of ancient Greece. Under the dazzling lights of interwar Paris, Josephine Baker dances her way to fame and fortune and discovers sexual freedom backstage at the Folies Bergere.