Aaah! Well, I can't speak to that but billy's not actually gay - if anything he's bisexual, but even that could simply be read as his way of getting along in the world (i.e. he's not attracted to men, but not above using their attraction to him to smooth his path?)

I still think the Barker books are quite amazing and much, much better than Faulks - I'm always amazed at how much publicity Faulks's book gets compared to Barker's and this little list is another example of that.