The opportunities for heroism are limited in this kind of world: the most people can do is sometimes not to be as weak as they've been at other times.

A wearer of large brightly coloured bow-ties he was one of the "famous homosexuals" at Bletchley. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1968 and received many literary honours in succeeding years. Wilson's first publication was a collection of short stories The Wrong Set (1949) followed quickly by the daring novel Hemlock and After which was a great success prompting invitations to lecture in Europe.

Sir Angus Frank Johnstone Wilson KBE (11 August 1913 – 31 May 1991) was an English novelist and short story writer.