I am absolutely perplexed by the following Amazon recommendation which I just received….

"Greetings from Amazon.co.uk, We've noticed that customers who have expressed interest in Goethe (Life & Times) by Peter Boerner have also ordered Sodom and Me: Queers on Fundamentalism by Greg Wharton. For this reason, you might like to know that this book will be released on 2 December 2006. You can pre-order your copy by following the link below...."

I'm sorry???? People interested in the great German romantic master are also habitually into queer politics???? Certainly not a connection I have come across before. I had to go and quickly flick through my copy of Boerner's Goethe in case I'd missed something - I really don't remember it being THAT exciting.