"Freedom is the consciousness of our desires". The place: Latin Quarter, Paris. The date: May 1968. The cast: Polly, Giorgio, Jane, Anna, Arthur and several hundred thousand rioting students. The plot: Polly accepts that it takes love to make a revolution, even if it comes in the shambolic form of Giorgio, an Italian anarchist with a pimply back and VD. Giorgio discovers that the sunglasses everyone is wearing on the street are also de rigeur in the waiting room of the clap clinic. Meanwhile, Anna decides that as she is constantly being accused of adultery, she might as well commit it. And on it goes... The review: Funny, poignant storytelling from the carefree days when sex and revolution were passionate partners. The book: The Love Germ.