Beauty of Men by Andrew Holleran (1997, Trade Paperback) Like New!

Description: Beauty of Men by Andrew Holleran (1997, Trade Paperback) Like New! The book in the pictures is the one you'll get. Feel free to ask any questions and thanks for looking! Note: We'll be moving in three months - any offer will be seriously considered! '"As valuable as Holleran may be as a chronicler of contemporary gay history, he is one of those gay writers whose stylistic prowess and critical intelligence deserves the attention of straight readers as much as that of the gay reading community. . . . The Beauty of Men is an honest attempt to grapple with loneliness and aging without self-pity or sentimentality, and for that reason, it will last." — Washington Post Andrew Holleran’s classic Dancer from the Dance became an icon for gay men in the 1970s, portraying a man's descent from high society Connecticut to a glittering world of hedonism and promiscuity in New York City. In The Beauty of Men, his third novel, he writes a poignant story of loneliness, unfulfilled dreams, and loss of youth, set in the mid-1990s amid the ravaging AIDS crisis. Forty-seven, gay, and alone, Lark leaves behind his youth and dreams in New York City to care for his dying mother in Florida. Mourning the passing of his glamorous younger self to time and the lives of friends and acquaintances to AIDS, he looks back on his past, to years spent in pursuit of hedonistic pleasures. Middle-aged, gray, and now seemingly invisible to the world around him, Lark has survived while those around him have all been taken. Left with nothing but his memories, he is forced to contemplate the cruel emptiness and bitter loneliness of his life while longing for a stunningly handsome man, who haunts is days and dreams. Gorgeous and deeply moving, Holleran’s heartbreaking novel is beyond its time; a study of the human condition and our yearning for meaning, purpose, and love in a cold and capricious world.'

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Book Title: Beauty of Men

Book Series: LGBT

Item Length: 6 in

Original Language: English

Vintage: No

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Format: Uk-B Format Paperback

Language: English

Item Height: 8 in

Personalized: No

Features: Unabridged

Topic: Lgbt / Gay

Item Width: 1 in

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Ex Libris: No

Narrative Type: Fiction

Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group

Intended Audience: Adults

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Edition: Trade Paprerback, Trade Paperback

Publication Year: 1997

Type: Novel

Literary Movement: LGBT

Era: 1990s

Illustrator: No one

Author: Andrew Holleran

Genre: LGBT

Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

Item Weight: 10 oz

Number of Pages: 272 Pages