jbash_lo_fi 's review for:

The Charioteer by Mary Renault
2.0

I hated the way this book categorised gay men as either good and discrete or contemptuous flamboyent queens. Laurie, Ralph and Andrew are put in a positive light, they're masculine and quiet. The villains are the bitchy, effeminate gays who are doomed to misery and self destruction. Despite the plaudits this book gets for being an early example depicting gay love, it's laced with homophobia.

Beyond that, it was also hard to follow at times for the sheer amount that's left to be interpreted between the lines.