Comment on theme

The narrator of Beautiful Losers is a man consumed by his two great loves: F. and Edith. F. and Edith have slept together for as long as they have known each other. This love triangle is central driving spiritual force in the novel, for love and sex are not mere physical and emotional entities for these characters. They are revelatory experiences. However, this revelation, by and large, is more focused on the agony of the soul than the ecstasy.