God Jr.

Just finished reading Dennis Cooper's God Jr.
For those used to Cooper's work this may seem a departure - drug use is minimal and there isn't any sex! But in many other ways it follows Cooper's earlier work, beautifully written and as much concerned with the inner mind as what happen outside.
God Jr. explores the emotional aftermath of an accident which kills a man's son, through the obsessed, guilty and basically screwed up thoughts of the father, Jim, who tries to make sense of his own life through his son's obsessions with a video game and a mysterious tower. Cooper's spare, taut prose produces a tender and real depiction of grief and guilt that draw you in unsuspectedly to identifying with a flawed character. Short and very, very sweet.