Maurice Andrew Carnegie Medal Nominee for Nonfiction (2014) and a kiss is a

and a kiss is a crime

God has used the lives of Christians to show an astonished world what conquest truly is

He encouraged the people he knew to speak honestly

the Thought Police uncover every act of betrayal

Maurice Andrew Carnegie Medal Nominee for Nonfiction (2014) and a kiss is aMaurice Hall is a young man who grows up confident in his privileged status and well aware of his role in society. Modest and generally conformist, he nevertheless finds himself increasingly attracted to his own sex. Through Clive, whom he encounters at Cambridge, and through Alec, the gamekeeper on Clive's country estate, Maurice gradually experiences a profound emotional and sexual awakening. A tale of passion, bravery and defiance, this intensely