This should be required reading for college courses in Gay Studies/Gay Literature. It is small wonder that Potok's inspiration for writing came from reading Brideshead Revisted. Reuven's narration, particularly the ways he describes Danny, is a virtual textbook case of repressed desire. This repression is consistent with one of the novel's themes: silence. 
 Having read this book, originally, many years ago, I did not pick up on Reuven's infatuation in the same way I've since come to recognize. In that regard, rereading The Chosen as an adult is much like rereading The Picture of Dorian Gray as an adult--with more experience, each becomes a very different novel.