With echoes of Balzac and Proust, this tale of obsessive love evokes the dangers and delights of forbidden desire With echoes of Balzac and Proust, this tale of obsessive love evokes the dangers and delights of forbidden desire W ayne Koestenbaum has built himself a slow-burn reputation as one of America’s sharpest queer iconoclasts, but the title of his latest novel suggests Netflix-ready realism. Will My Lover, the Rabbi be a sober yet uplifting account of the conflict between religious