Took quite a while to finish. Similar thematically to Lady Chatterly’s Lover in some regards…however far more sweeping in its implicit claims about romantic and fraternal love. A lot to unpack here, and perhaps a monumentally important work in which the author’s insights subtly work their way into your mind until, by the end, you feel you’ve had a vague epiphany that requires you to sit back and digest the essence and work out the logic.