The Lost Language of Cranes

David Leavitt is one of the most natural writers I've ever come across, and his characters some of the realest.

Another book on the 100 LGBT novels you must read before you're dead list. Set in the 80s, It's a story about a family the gay son, struggling with his insecurities and neediness, the dad coming to terms with his own sexuality and the mother trying to hold it all together while dealing with her own adulterous past. The good bits are really good. The dull bits are REALLY dull. The supporting cast. Jerene, Dan, Elliot are much more interesting than the main cast but overall it balances itself out and is generally rather (for want of a better word) PLEASENT.