LATimes.com – By Thane Rosenbaum
In this daring modernist novel, a son struggles with the memories of his father, a celebrated drag queen, and his own fragile mental state
Just imagine the canon of Western literature without damaged children.
Think “Call It Sleep,” “The Book of Daniel,” “See: Under Love,” just for starters. The history of the novel has been home to a primary school of sensitive and fragile child protagonists all traumatized by tragic parents and overwhelmed by the burdens of that legacy.