A Minor Chorus: A Novel

I found this novel to be overly self-indulgent. It says a lot when the author references Barthes and Foucault 2x in the first 25 pages. The novel does start in an academic setting, but I still found myself questioning who the novel was written for based on the language and structure of the text. I also found it a little confusing that none of the dialogue used quotation marks. Towards the end of the book, I enjoyed the author's interactions with friends and family from his hometown much more. In general, the book was written like a poet's first foray into the world of long-form storytelling, with overly poetic phrases that seemingly contributed very little to the plot and character development. Billy-Ray Belcourt is an esteemed poet, so I guess that is not surprising. I would love to see how his writing develops as a novelist, if he decides to do that. Would 100% be interested in reading some of his poetry.