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Nights in Aruba - by Andrew Holleran (Paperback)

Nights in Aruba - by  Andrew Holleran (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>Takes the rite-of-passage novel a step further. . . . Andrew Holleran writes with enormous insight and compassion. -- <em>Newsday</em></strong></p><p><strong>Andrew Holleran's follow-up novel to <em>Dancer from the Dance</em>, <em>Nights in Aruba </em>is a classic novel of love shared and love concealed told with wry humor and subtle lyricism.</strong></p><p>This groundbreaking novel of gay life centers around Paul, an uneasy commuter between two parallel worlds. He is the dutiful son of aging, upper-middle-class parents living in Florida, and a homosexual man plunged deliriously into the world of New York City's bars, baths, and one-night stands. With wry humor and subtle lyricism, Holleran reveals the tragedy and comedy of one man's struggle to come to terms with middle age, homosexuality, truth, love, and life itself.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>This groundbreaking novel of gay life centers around Paul, an uneasy commuter between two parallel worlds. He is the dutiful son of aging, upper-middle-class parents living in Florida, and a homosexual man plunged deliriously into the world of New York City's bars, baths, and one-night stands. With wry humor and subtle lyricism, Holleran reveals the tragedy and comedy of one man's struggle to come to terms with middle age, homosexuality, truth, love, and life itself.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"A fine, thoughtful novel. . . . Holleran's descriptive passages of time and place are written with love and precision; his dialogue is sharp and true."--<strong><em>Los Angeles Times</em></strong><br><br>"A memorable book. . . . Anyone who has ever been in a family will find home truths in it."--<strong><em>Boston Globe</em></strong><br><br>"Brilliant passages and observations. . . . Mr. Holleran's powers of physical description have not dimmed."--<strong><em>New York Times Book Review</em></strong><br><br>Succeeds wonderfully. . . . A very lively and deeply serious revelation of the homosexual world.--<strong><em>New York</em> magazine</strong><br><br>Takes the rite-of-passage novel a step further. . . . Andrew Holleran writes with enormous insight and compassion.--<strong><em>Newsday</em></strong><br>

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