Nights in Aruba : A Novel
Author(s): Andrew Holleran
"Takes the rite-of-passage novel a step further. . . . Andrew Holleran writes with enormous insight and compassion." — Newsday
Andrew Holleran's follow-up novel to Dancer from the Dance, Nights in Aruba is a classic novel of love shared and love concealed told with wry humor and subtle lyricism.
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.
Review(s):
“Brilliant passages and observations. . . . Mr. Holleran’s powers of physical description have not dimmed.”
"Takes the rite-of-passage novel a step further. . . . Andrew Holleran writes with enormous insight and compassion."
“A fine, thoughtful novel. . . . Holleran’s descriptive passages of time and place are written with love and precision; his dialogue is sharp and true.”
“A memorable book. . . . Anyone who has ever been in a family will find home truths in it.”
"Succeeds wonderfully. . . . A very lively and deeply serious revelation of the homosexual world."
ISBN: 9780060937348