sentences:  The structure of the novel was written to mirror "Cubism," in that it interweaves between several different plots and portrays multiple points of view.The novel features a considerable number of bisexual or gay male characters – the adolescent Olivier and at least to a certain unacknowledged degree his friend Bernard, in all likeliness their schoolfellows Gontran and Philippe, and finally the adult writers Comte de Passavant (who represents an evil and corrupting force) and the benevolent Edouard.An important part of the plot is its depiction of various possibilities of positive and negative homoerotic or homosexual relationships.