Out of bounds

**From LibraryThing:** Graham Curtis is handsome, gay, in his late twenties and teaches French at a boys’ school; he is a dedicated and popular teacher; he is also a keen and active sportsman and cricketer. Stephen Hill is a seventeen year student preparing for his A level exams, a pleasant, unassuming well brought up good looking lad with shaggy blond hair; he too is a keen sportsman and an able cricketer; he is unsure of his sexual preference. Following a good humoured classroom encounter, student and master engage in conversation during which Graham is impressed by his student’s maturity and wit, Stephen with his master’s perception and understanding; so the beginnings of friendship are formed, and eventually a deep love affair. They regularly play cricket together for a local club, and it is while on a cricket tour that they consummate their love. However it is not all plain sailing at a time when the age of sexual consent in England for homosexuals is twenty one years. Graham, very aware of his responsibilities, wants to play it safe, while Stephen, having discovered the delights of a gay relationship, and with the sexual drive of youth, finds it hard to hold back. During the