Karim, a travel agent in his early thirties, is enamored of the man who is married to his cousin. Six years ago the cousin caught them in bed. To prevent the scandal of either man being identified as shoga , Karim married his lover's adopted daughter. It is a good arrangement for Karim, since it offers both the respectability of a wife and continued access to his lover. Also , the memory of a conversation in a karaoke restaurant one night in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Parents choose whether, when and how to have children.
Sometimes the children are less than happy about the choice. In the 1980s, Martin regularly reviewed books for Gay News in the UK and the New York Native . This review of Gillian Freeman's The Leather Boys appeared in 1986. Excerpts from Foreman's work from 1990 onwards.