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Has anyone (besides me) read The Ventriloquists by ER Ramzipoor?
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September 13th, 2019
It’s WW2 fiction, roughly about the Resistance in occupied France and occupied Belgium. Not the best WW2 historical fiction I have ever come across, but not the worst. A pretty good read.
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In the book, there are three subplots that involve gay characters. In one of the subplots, the protagonists’ homosexuality is essential to the plot and absolutely makes sense. The other two subplots, gay characters give the people personality, but their homosexuality isn’t essential to the plot or the outcome.
My question: Was homosexuality that common in WW2 occupied Belgium? Is the book accurately depicting the social conditions of the time? Or was the inclusion of gay characters where their sexual identity wasn’t essential to the plot an author’s whim?
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