Life couldn't get any more twisted and convoluted if it tried. Christian hates his parents as much as they hate him, but he never expected them to throw him in a cell when he blurted out he was bisexual. Their public image is important to them because it hides the transgressions they've subjected many people to over the years. People Christian mourn every day because he couldn't save them. Reading is an escape, and one place gives him the solitude...