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Nights in Aruba: A Novel
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Andrew Holleran's first novel, Dancer from the Dance, was published in 1978. He is also the author of the novels Nights in Aruba and The Beauty of Men; a book of essays, Ground Zero (reissued as Chronicle of a Plague, Revisited); a collection of short stories, In September, the Light Changes; and a novella, Grief.

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"Brilliant passages and observations. . . . Mr. Holleran's powers of physical description have not dimmed." -- New York Times Book Review"Takes the rite-of-passage novel a step further. . . . Andrew Holleran writes with enormous insight and compassion." -- Newsday"A fine, thoughtful novel. . . . Holleran's descriptive passages of time and place are written with love and precision; his dialogue is sharp and true." -- Los Angeles Times"A memorable book. . . . Anyone who has ever been in a family will find home truths in it." -- Boston Globe"Succeeds wonderfully. . . . A very lively and deeply serious revelation of the homosexual world." -- New York magazine"Discovering the place where miraculous begins by poking around in the ordinary and day-to-day, his perfect prose takes root in his digging about in the imperfect ways we manage our lives. One does not ask what with Holleran's work, but how-how does it affect you, how does he do it? . . . This is full scale lyricism, taking us places we have never been before - to new dimensions of wistfulness, regret and arcane love." -- The Body Politic"A skillfully crafted work that confirms Holleran as a figure of major literary importance." -- Library Journal"There is, in fact, a comic beauty in Holleran's despair, a suppleness in his writing. . . That is despair very stylishly got up, and Nights in Aruba succeeds wonderfully at being at the same time a deeply serious revelation and very lively, very satisfying company." -- Edith Milton, New York Magazine"Genuinely affecting. . . . Holleran's deceptively cool, collected prose doesn't hide the uneasy longing at the heart of this book." -- Publishers Weekly"Holleran has outdone himself. Nights in Aruba is probably the best-written 'gay novel' to date." -- In Print

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