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Revisado en el Reino Unido 🇬🇧 el 23 de septiembre de 2020

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Informative, entertaining, and written with panache – 5 Stars

Attracted originally (I have to confess) by the cover, this book more than delivered on content. Not only does it provide a detailed account of the origins and use of Polari, it’s a book that is written with great style. Author Paul Baker’s knowledge and passion for this topic are clearly evident, making this an absolute joy to read.

There’s so much of interest that it’s difficult to pick just a few highlights, but I was particularly interested in the origins of the language. Polari, it seems, was drawn from a huge range of sources, there are elements of Cockney rhyming slang, French, and even words handed-down through the generations by Cumbrian farmers, used when counting their sheep. Plus, it’s illustrated with photos throughout, and is really well-referenced too.

Perhaps what this does best though is shown just how much has changed for the gay community within a relatively short space of time. So many featured in this book contributed so much to the increased levels of freedom the LGBTQ family enjoys today, it’s impossible to read this and not be slightly in awe. Yes, there are sad recollections, but there are good times aplenty, and this written in a way that exudes a contagious positivity.

Overall: Perfect for reference and study purposes, but this is great fun if you’re just reading for pleasure. Highly recommend.

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Ms. S. Benjamin

A great queer historical resource

Revisado en el Reino Unido 🇬🇧 el 10 de enero de 2022

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I really enjoyed this book and think it has an important place in the queer history cannon, although like many books by academics it suffers from a narrowness of focus/research and as a Londoner I felt the author missed some nuances (though I'm surprised he couldn't have gathered it from elsewhere). He could have done a lot more around where Polari blends with London/cockney slang for example! That said, a great read that I will return to and I learned a lot.

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It Is Fabulosa as Alfie (Hello I Think I Might Be Fabulous),Might Say

Revisado en el Reino Unido 🇬🇧 el 20 de febrero de 2020

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For lovers of "Round The Horne", an essential guide to the language 'they got away with', because it was as impenetrable as Ancient Greek is to most people.
Also a delightful trundle through the 'gay lingo' of a less welcoming age for the gay community, when secrecy meant staying out of jail or keeping one's job. Thankfully, we now live in more enlightened times.
Sadly the language is in decline, maybe this book will reawaken interest in it before it goes the way of Morse, if only for nostalgia and cultural heritage reasons.

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Nicocaran

How bona to varda this book. It’s Fantabulosa!

Revisado en el Reino Unido 🇬🇧 el 23 de junio de 2019

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I love language, different dialects and interesting words so I devoured this fascinating book. It’s weird as I could follow quite a bit of the terminology thanks to my late ex. He mix mashed old English, Romany, Australian and tons in between in the way he spoke!
So damn sad to read of the extreme prejudice and often lives lost or life altering changes just because of the person you love
I did enjoy reading this fascinating and enlightening book
It really was Fantabulosa and a well deserved five stars

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el Diamante

A great overall history of Polari.

Revisado en el Reino Unido 🇬🇧 el 10 de agosto de 2020

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A great book that is accessible to anyone interested in the subject. It has academic authority without being pretentious. I recommended it to a student who loved it and I will be putting it on reading lists for general reading on sociolinguistics, gay LGBT studies.
I strongly recommend it as a pacy and at times endearing read by an expert on the field.

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Jim

Bona Fantabulosa!

Revisado en los Estados Unidos 🇺🇸 el 25 de enero de 2021

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Polari, was still being spoken at the Clubs when I first came out in the early 1970's. This is a great remembrance of those bygone times. Great book!

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K Lancaster

Drawn out rubbish.

Revisado en el Reino Unido 🇬🇧 el 14 de diciembre de 2021

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This would have been ok as a magazine article but a whole book? Sorry, but it really doesn't work. This should be a short article and that would have been interesting and amusing. As a book it is hugely drawn out and trying far too hard to be taken seriously. This is not a serious topic, I feel that I have wasted my money.

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Tony Williams

This is superb

Revisado en los Estados Unidos 🇺🇸 el 8 de julio de 2019

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Fabulosa indeed. I remember listening to Sandy and Julian over Sunday lunch, and wondering what was going on. I think even at my age then I was aware of camp (I had an art teacher who was).

Baker does his exploration extremely well, and his musings around the subject are fascinating and I hope he expands these in his next book.

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Alex Callard

Fascinating and entertaining....

Revisado en el Reino Unido 🇬🇧 el 29 de febrero de 2020

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Brilliantly researched and written with the perfect mix of information and personal backstory. Effectively and compassionately puts into context the rise and fall of Polari with an evident love and respect for the language and its speakers. A book you can come back to again.

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buckstermonkey

A lovely read

Revisado en el Reino Unido 🇬🇧 el 8 de agosto de 2019

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Really liked this book. A love letter to a lost language.

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