![]() ![]() ![]() And that’s how the story becomes both sweet and predictable. Just how Maisie, Grant, and Patrick learn to live together and how they change each other is the main point of the book. as a journalist to conduct reviews, author Q&As, and book club questions. The story is not all fun and games and there is much more to Patrick than the stereotype gay man I just described - but I don’t want to give anything away. Steven and I discuss his new book The Guncle, including humor in his stories. Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, People. It got to the point (again, for me) that Uncle Patrick turned into a bit of a stereotype - the looks-obsessed, self-indulgent, gay man who uses the “bon mot” to both claim attention AND deflect intimacy. If you liked The Guncle, what should you read next. The story centers on a summer that Patrick (a somewhat famous but currently reclusive TV star) becomes primary caretaker of his niece and nephew at his bachelor’s bungalow in Palm Springs.Īuthor Steven Rowley’s writing is informal and witty, though for me, in a quite heavy-handed way. The Guncle (standing for “gay uncle”) is how Maisie and Grant refer to their Uncle Patrick, or “GUP” for “gay Uncle Patrick.” He is their father’s (Greg) brother but also their mother’s (Sara) closest college friend. ![]()
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