There were some very interesting and compelling things going on in this little book, and I had read glowing blurbs about it, having received this as part of the monthly "Indiespensable" program with Powell's.

The good: wonderful sense of place, interesting plot, intriguing working of threads of the story back and forth.

The distractingly not-good: I just could not accept the narrator's voice as that of a young straight man. The floaty, self-indulgent and weepy interior tone kept telling me that either a) I was supposed to be understanding my narrator and protagonist as unlikeable or b) the young author couldn't convey a male voice.

So, a little disappointing after all the hype.