Also, many of the suspect opinions are repudiated within the novel itself. I don’t think the actual book is offensive, though, because I think it’s clear that the author’s perspective is not the characters’. I don’t use the word controversial lightly: many of the things the characters in this novel say are decidedly un-PC and will probably offend some people. Until I recently reread it, I didn’t really think of it as a queer book, but I’m realizing now that it actually has a lot of interesting and controversial things to say about sexuality, especially in relation to race and gender. I’ve had a copy of Adrian Tomine’s beautifully drawn graphic novel Shortcomings (2007) around for quite a while when I was working at a bookstore a few years ago I borrowed it, accidentally spilt coffee on it, and ended up having to buy it.
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