Three Queer Lives: An Alternative Biography of Fred Barnes, Naomi Jacob And Arthur Marshall: An Alternative Biography of Naomi Jacob, Fred Barnes and Arthur Marshall - Hardcover

THREE QUEER LIVES is an account of the lives of two extraordinary men and one extraordinary woman. Fred Barnes was a famous 1920's music-hall star who committed suicide in poignant circumstances in digs in Southend; Arthur Marshall a much-loved radio and TV personality; and Naomi Jacob a bestselling but now forgotten novelist of the 1930s and 40s who set up a female menage a trois in Italy. In a long autobiographical introduction Bailey vividly describes gay life when it was still illegal, and how he became fascinated by these three characters, all gay in more senses than one.

Paul Bailey is the author of eight novels, two of which were shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He has also written a volume of autobiography, IMMACULATE MISTAKE, and a biography of Cynthia Payne called AN ENGLISH MADAM. He lives in Shepherds Bush, London.