{"product_id":"red-closet-by-rustam-alexander-9781526181459","title":"Red Closet","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA poignant and deeply researched history of gay oppression in the USSR.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1934, Joseph Stalin enacted sodomy laws, unleashing a wave of brutal detentions of homosexual men in large Soviet cities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRed Closet\u003c\/i\u003e recounts the compelling stories of people whose lives were affected by those laws, including a naïve Scottish journalist who dared to write to Stalin in an attempt to save his lover from prosecution and a homosexual theatre student who came to Moscow in pursuit of a career amid Stalin's harsh repressions and mass arrests. We also meet a fearless doctor in Siberia who provided medical treatment for gay men at his own peril and a much-loved Soviet singer who hid his homosexuality from the secret police.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach story helps paint the hitherto unknown picture of how Soviet oppression of gay people originated and was perpetuated from Stalin's rule until the demise of the USSR.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47597759725804,"sku":"9781526181459","price":69.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781526181459-red-closet.jpg?v=1777958868","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/red-closet-by-rustam-alexander-9781526181459","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}