A review by michael5000
The Counterfeiters by André Gide

3.0

This book seems to be known best for "the frank sexuality of its contents" and for being one of the first books to speak openly about homosexuality, despite not having any frank sexuality in its contents and not speaking anything like openly about homosexuality. Highly episodic and emotionally remote, Counterfeiters seems to be as much an experiment in structure as anything. One of the characters is writing a novel called "The Counterfeiters," which is as much an experiment in structure as anything. Hmm.