Larger	Closet Case Author: Robert Rodi
	Book Information Publisher: Plume Book Type: Paperback Rating: 5 ISBN-13: 9780452272118 - ISBN-10: 0452272114 Publication Date: 5/1/1994 Pages: 336

Lionel Frank, the titular hero, is a gay man whose closet is tightly locked lest macho co-workers at a Chicago advertising agency discover his sexual orientation. Fortunately, Lionel can unburden his soul to Yolanda, his outspoken neighbor-cum-confidante who lives for science fiction and possesses worldliness and naivete in perfect proportion. (Lionel, in fact, sometimes looks bland compared to Yolanda.) There is no dearth of funny one-liners as Rodi plays fast and loose with topics ranging from the men's movement to the Catholic church's stand on homosexuality. His barbs are scattershot, however, his humor often more rambling than pointed. But when Lionel is summoned to a Wisconsin vacation with agency honchos and their spouses (Yolanda plays the beard), the novel approaches the high comedy it aspires to.