The Charioteer is set in England during WWII. The main character, Laurie "Spud" Odell, is a wounded soldier recuperating in a military hospital.
While there, he falls in love with an orderly (a Quaker conscientious objector) named Andrew. Then, quite by accident, Laurie runs into an old schoolmate, Ralph Lanyon. Ralph isn't just any schoolmate. Laurie's schoolboy crush on the slightly older Lanyon was the reason he'd first figured out that he was "queer." It isn't long before Laurie's feelings for Ralph return.
Laurie is faced with a choice between the two men he loves, and in choosing between them, he's choosing who he wants to be, what sort of man he will become.
If you do read it, let me warn you: most people find the first chapter dead boring. The story doesn't really get going until Chapter Two.
Here (http://dannyreviews.com/h/The_Charioteer.html) and here (http://www1.epinions.com/content_101906943620) are two reviews you might want to read.
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Date: 2006-09-23 01:42 am (UTC)While there, he falls in love with an orderly (a Quaker conscientious objector) named Andrew. Then, quite by accident, Laurie runs into an old schoolmate, Ralph Lanyon. Ralph isn't just any schoolmate. Laurie's schoolboy crush on the slightly older Lanyon was the reason he'd first figured out that he was "queer." It isn't long before Laurie's feelings for Ralph return.
Laurie is faced with a choice between the two men he loves, and in choosing between them, he's choosing who he wants to be, what sort of man he will become.
If you do read it, let me warn you: most people find the first chapter dead boring. The story doesn't really get going until Chapter Two.
Here (http://dannyreviews.com/h/The_Charioteer.html) and here (http://www1.epinions.com/content_101906943620) are two reviews you might want to read.