DNF- This book was fine. It was beautifully written and the cultural references were advanced. I mostly just found the story unrelatable. An old white, cis gay man talks about pervasive and impeding loneliness, death and change in his life. Nothing happened in the book. The unnamed narrator really just wallows for 200 pages. There's little plot. However, I appreciate The Kingdom of Sand for what it is. It's influential and for the people who see themselves in it, important. I just didn't. I don't really care for white men in stories all that much.