I liked who and what this book was about--a 45 year old man whose 15 year relationship ends which shakes up his atrophied life. The writing is intellegent, truthful and for the most part humorous--though it teeters on the edge of fatalistic and self-pitying (which must be since it's describing the main character's point of view). The storylines also are deftly realized and for the most part believable--though one of them I had a little trouble buying. The most interesting storyline is about the progress of a homophobic amendment to a Medicare bill. But this, like the other two storylines builds up to a point, resolves anticlimactically and then just disappears. This is my biggest problem with the book. I was along for the ride until at the end it seemed we didn't get anywhere. This is perhaps the point and probably true to life but it doesn't make for a satisfying read. I think this is a story that readers will react to very differently depending where they are in their lives. Ultimately, I responded to and appreciated much of it but was let down by the resolution.
