A newly transcribed six-page handwritten story by Alan Turing, “Pryce’s Buoy,” reveals a playful, sexually candid side of the codebreaker rarely seen—challenging his myth as a lonely genius. Written around 1952-53, the tale features a working-class sex worker and a gay scientist, possibly inspired by Turing’s own arrest that year for gross indecency. Professor Sarah Dillon of Cambridge links the story to Turing’s emotional processing during a turbulent time, highlighting his wit and humanity. Turing’s writing mirrors that of Angus Wilson, suggesting literature offered him solace and liberation. This discovery reshapes our view of Turing—not just as a wartime hero and computer pioneer, but as a complex, emotionally rich man who used storytelling to navigate his identity, ultimately dying at 41, only later honored with a posthumous pardon and a law bearing his name.
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