On a midsummer weekend, in a country house in upstate New York, three friends, Lyle, Marian, and John, gather on the anniversary of the death of John's brother, who was also Lyle's lover. As Tony's absence haunts each of them in different ways, the reunion is complicated by the presence of Lyle's new lover, a much younger man named Robert, and a faux-Italian dinner guest with a penchant for truth telling. As the seemingly idyllic weekend proceeds, each character is stripped bare, and old memories and new desires create a chemistry that will transform them all.
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This is a soft 3 stars because the novel is just so understated. But the writing is so superb and smooth that despite the lack of big intrigue or action, it is compulsively readable. Cameron writes simple, yet skillful dialogue to advance stories and characters and this talent makes his works sing.
