An interesting introduction to gay relationships in POW camps, although this one was NOT between prisoners, but between a prisoner and a guard. It serves as a useful thought-piece about how gay men fared in POW camps during the War - the circumspect nature of any relationships, and the constant threat of being denounced.

Unfortunately the author chose the classic ending for the romance - the lovers fearful of their feelings, deny them and chose to spend the forty or so years post-war apart - writing pained letters to each other - so the actual relationship (which could have happened) is denied - the gay men will never be in a relationship ending. Sigh. I thought we had moved past this, even in 1997, when the book was published.