Insignificant Others : A Novel (Paperback)

from BrianEWilliams

The narrator, Richard, is a 50 something gay man in a long term relationship with Conrad, who is several years younger. He is also having an affair with a married man, Ben, who is struggling with his homosexuality. Richard's well ordered life starts to unravel when he learns that Conrad may leave...

from ChrisWeir

For me none of the characters in this book were very likeable. This might be why it took me such a long time to read. The main character is an aging exercise obsessed gay man who has had a lover for a number of years. That being said he also has an "insignificant other" who's a married man with c...

from fredhosteins

This is definitely an entertaining reading, without a lot of depth though. Actually, I was more interested in the part that takes place at the narrator's workplace (he is a HR manager in a new technologies company) than the relationships with both his partner and married lover, which I find prett...