

Among the most acclaimed books of 2002, named one of the 50 Best Non-Fiction Books of 2002 by Publishers Weekly, The Soul Beneath the Skin explores the variety of social and ethical experiments in gay men's lives, and their implications both for gay men and for society at large...

Among the most acclaimed books of 2002, named one of the 50 Best Non-Fiction Books of 2002 by Publishers Weekly, The Soul Beneath the Skin explores the variety of social and ethical experiments in gay men's lives, and their implications both for gay men and for society at large...

In this clear-eyed look at the hitherto unnoticed ethical patterns of gay male lives, Nimmons looks at seven types of behaviour, including non-violent public culture, enormous rates of altruism, high levels of volunteerism, diffuse and communal intimacies, elaborate forms of...