| From Publishers Weekly An underachieving gay man tries to come to grips with his homophobic father and his disaffected friends in McCauley's rueful comedy. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information， Inc. From Library Journal There is a unhurriedness about McCauley's (The Easy Way Out， LJ 5/1/92) third novel that is its saving grace. The story covers about four months in the lives of several low-grade dysfunctionals in Cambridge， Massachusetts， meandering toward a conclusion that involves less change than recognition. The story is told by Clyde， a gay man in his mid-thirties who teaches literature at an adult learning center and still pines for the boyfriend that left him three years ago. Marcus， Clyde's roommate nears 40 but has yet to write a word of his dissertation， spending his time instead in the company of much younger women. Enter Louise， a mid-list novelist， who used to date Marcus and is friends with Clyde， and her son Ben， whose paternity provides most of the novel's tension. Clyde's shaky relationship with his family serves up the rest-ultimately his hyperprim sister and bitchy teenage niece steal the show. Though the characters ring true， their complaints are more pronounced than their problems are serious， and caring for them is， at times， a chore. For large fiction collections.Adam Mazmanian， "Library Journal"Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information， Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. See all Editorial Reviews |
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