Outcast Author:Stuart Thorogood This is Mark Holly's story. Mark is twenty years old. He doesn't want to admit he's gay; not even that he's bisexual. He comes from a normal, working-class family. His dad's a plumber; his mom's a housewife. He pays in a rock band and wants a normal life just like his friends, so he finds himself a girlfriend, Grace. Things seem to be under cont... more »rol until Mark meets Andrew, a gay bartender, and sex and love suddenly come alive for him. Mark learns that being gay is nothing to be ashamed of, but when his family finds out all hell breaks loose in this small English town.« less