An anagram of a book, here is a vaguely chronological patchwork of Forty(ish) personal stories, following the trials of Coming Out, the Age of Consent, family rejection, dodgy boyfriends, police swoops, the enemy without, queer bashers, the stern presence of HIV/AIDS, the loathsome Section 28, the friends, the outrage and the outrageous, the fun, the sex, the scene, Love, Equal Marriage and bereavement...This is the story of every 70 year old gay man in Britain today. FORTY LIES = LIFE STORY.